Latest Stories
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!
Latest Stories From Lulu van Aswegen
MELANIE FOXWORTH
A life lost, a lesson learnt “Look Nana, this is the lady we saw in the store last week. She was the...
DIE JAMMERSTE JAMMER
van ‘n ma aan haar geliefde kind/ers Ek is so baie jammer… Vir al die kere wat ek nie— daar...
NOT PICTURE PERFECT
The perception of imperfection “Look, Amelia, it’s a helper monkey! He is helping the poor fishy.”...
RETURN TO DARKNESS
—my Gethsemane, revisited— I sit there, in the darkness It gnaws on my bones It smothers my soul It is so...
VANDAG VIER EK JOU!
‘n Gediggie oor 2-9 opgedra aan my geliefde daughter-in-love, Chanré, op haar 29e verjaardag. Ons...
TROUBLED SOUL
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ODE TO HER
Carli van Aswegen (30 March 1995 - 25 January 2022) My beloved daughter-in-love Today would’ve been...
KOSMOSSIES
Veldblommetjie-gediggie Op die Vrystaatse vlaktes En langs die Hoëveldpaaie In die doodsnikke van Somer In...
BROKEN FIXTURES AND FIXED BROKENNESS
Not the whole picture…. Last year I wrote STIL SKEPPER, STERK STORMS EN ‘N STUKKENDE STRANDHUISIE (click...
KUNSMATIG KAN NOOIT WERKLIK WEES NIE
“Jy hoef nie hierdie swaar gedagtes alleen te dra nie. Ek is hier as jy met my wil praat.” Skielik bars die...
THE GOODNESS OF MY GOD
I find myself in a place where I have a deep desire and yearning to consider the pure goodness of the Lord,...
ASWOENSDAG
Vandag het ek nie groot woorde nie Ek het nie eers baie woorde nie Ek wil net vir ‘n kort klein rukkie By U...