Category Archives: family

“Pray have mercy on my daughter”

Posted on January 26, 2012 by

A letter from my 4x great- Grandmonther Christina Staegemann (born 1819) to Governor Barkly (I think) of the Cape, 1874. Pleading for mercy for her daughter (my 3 x great-grandmother) Wilhelmina Rip (born Staegemann 1848, Germany) who had been in … Continue reading →

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The end of the mommy blogger

Posted on July 4, 2011 by

When I first started blogging, I guess I considered myself a “mommy blogger”. My children were (and still are) the biggest part of my life, and being a mom has always been my most important job, first and above all. … Continue reading →

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