RedeemedPioneer
I’m Lulu van Aswegen—a wife, mother, grandmother, and writer from Bloemfontein. Life, faith, and family inspire the reflections and short stories I share here. I write in English as RedeemedPioneer and in Afrikaans as VrygekoopteBaanbreker.
Explore, enjoy, and feel free to share your thoughts—I’m delighted to have you here!
RedeemedPioneer
MELANIE FOXWORTH
A life lost, a lesson learnt “Look Nana, this is the lady we saw in the store last week. She was the...
NOT PICTURE PERFECT
The perception of imperfection “Look, Amelia, it’s a helper monkey! He is helping the poor fishy.”...
ODE TO HER
Carli van Aswegen (30 March 1995 - 25 January 2022) My beloved daughter-in-love Today would’ve been...
BROKEN FIXTURES AND FIXED BROKENNESS
Not the whole picture…. Last year I wrote STIL SKEPPER, STERK STORMS EN ‘N STUKKENDE STRANDHUISIE (click...
FROM A FREE STATE SUNRISE TO A FALSE BAY SUNSET
A journey from the heart of the Forgotten Capital to the outskirts of the Mother City for a thirty-ninth...
BLEEDING BOTS & PROGRAMMED PEOPLE
“Hello Zinzi.” “Hello Mikey, how can I help you?” “I feel overwhelmed, Zinzi. Nobody listens...
FILL UP ON THE FIX OF 2026
I have been around long enough to know and admit that when end-of-year fatigue hits, we tend to disconnect...
ANNIE‘S GIFT
You introduced Spring 1995 And Spring became like you Force of nature, a whole season You came to...
WHEN THE FOGHORN’S SIREN IS DIFFERENT
A silent call to discernment “Nana, what is a foghorn?” “A foghorn is a powerfully loud, low-pitched warning...
ANOTHER DAY FEATURING A HAMMER & NAILS
When a concerned Catholic priest called a spade a shovel and nailed the truth, in written word, to a wooden...
ONE YEAR OLD
Another letter from Nana to Stitchie
PERFECTION TIMES COMPLETION
Today I celebrate SEVEN years & SEVENtimesEIGHT (56) days.
OBSERVATION AND EXPECTATION
On Heritage Day – a reflection from abroad
THE INSIDIOUS GAP
“The most alarming thing in your human is not the evil he does, but the fact that he can do it without feeling alarmed.”
FUN ON THE FARM
Another fairytale from the creative mind of my brilliant five-year-old granddaughter, Emily Hay.