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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.
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Latest Stories From Lulu van Aswegen
LIFE FOUND A WAY
The cutest baby boy was born earlier tonight, weighing in at 2.99kg!
IN THE WILDERNESS
WALKING WITH PURPOSE OR WANDERING AIMLESSLY?
THE (IM)PERFECTION OF SIX
Two weeks ago I published DEAR DIARY, a reflection on the diary entries for 27 September going back 9 years, starting in 2015.
RAINBOW HERITAGE
Red. Orange. Yellow. Green. Blue. Indigo. Violet. The colours of the rainbow. Today we celebrate Heritage Day in my beloved rainbow nation of sunny South Africa and I would like to share my reflection on this particular holiday.
DIE NARE WAARHEID IN ‘N WARE NAGMERRIE
Riaan Harmse se storie speel af tydens ‘n glanstroue op ‘n luukse privaatwildreservaat.
PELLISSIER SHOPDAY VIR KOSBARE MENSE
Ek het vandag die voorreg gehad om vier kosbare mense te bedien by my geliefde Pellissier Gemeente se Shopday. Dit was terselfdertyd oorweldigend en sielsverrykend. Ek deel graag my journey met julle.
WIE IS SY?
Ek: “Babe, die kosvrou is by die hek.”
A HIGH FIVE IN LIFE
On Sunday 25 August 2024 I had the privilege of sharing a message from my heart with a group of wonderful women in another neighbourhood on the outskirts of my hometown of Bloemfontein.
DIE STEM VAN ‘N BROSE HART
Hoe gee ek ‘n stem aan my hart?~Dis tog so broos en blootgestel~Wat sou dit sê as dit kon praat?~HELP, ek voel so stukkend!
DEAR DIARY…
Excerpts from the bittersweet diary entries (on 27 September, spanning 9 years) of a mother, mother-in-love and grandmother
LITTLE BOY
On this day in 1945 an estimated 80,000 people were instantly killed off in one of the most devastatingly...
CELEBRATE 731 DAYS!
Seven hundred and thirty one days ago, in the dead of a Free State winter, a hunkingly handsome...