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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.
Explore, enjoy, and feel free to share your thoughts—I’m delighted to have you here!
Latest Stories From Lulu van Aswegen
SALWINGSATERDAG : OP DIE VOORAAND VAN LYDENSWEEK
**Die eerste van ‘n reeks oordenkings in my Lydensweek-reeks begin by die Saterdagaand voor PalmSondag toe Maria van Betanië vir Jesus gesalf het.**
VIR ALTYD : DIE GESONDWORD-NALATENSKAP VAN ‘N STUKKENDE MENS
EK IS SO JAMMER…
HARTJIE, GAAN JY OKAY WEES?
Ek kies vandag hierdie vraag as titel van my skrywe, want dit was die laaste woorde van my geliefde oorlede swaer Piet.
HER WOULD HAVE BEEN 30TH BIRTHDAY ON THE 30TH
This year, all the babies born in 1995 turn 30 years old. Most of them will consider this birthday to be a magnificent milestone of maturity, almost like a rite of passage into the prime stage of their lives.
THE WOUNDED HEART OF A WRESTLING SOUL
Today, on Human Rights Day, my heart aches for all the hidden violations of human rights…
STIL SKEPPER, STERK STORMS EN ‘N STUKKENDE STRANDHUISIE
“Oh my word, daai ellendige stukkende huisie gryp my hart so aan!”
PURE & SIMPLE FAITH
Thirty years ago a toddler at the top of a staircase spotted his daddy standing at the bottom of the stairs. He grinned from ear to ear, because down there was his daddy – the strongest, smartest, bestest best daddy in the whole wide world.
TOSS THE TOTE & DITCH THE DUMPING
One of my dear friends recently made a visual representation of his own life in a grid of 7×10 blocks, which depicts a rough rounding of the estimated life expectancy of 70 years in South Africa.
LEGKAARTLEWE VAN GELOWIGE GEMEENSKAPPE
Die volledige prentjie van God Almagtig se volmaakte skepping het in stukkies gebreek toe die sondeval gebeur het.
EK IS LIEF VIR DIE NG KERK!
Ek is dankbaar vir my geloofsfamilie. Dit maak my tog so hartsvervullend opgewonde om versoen te wees met my gereformeerde wortels.
HIER IS EK, IT’S JUST ME
‘n Stukkie van my huidige sielsreis wat voel asof dit my doodmaak, dieselfde werklike reis wat Hom destyds, met uitgerekte marteling, doodgemaak het…
LEWE – DOOD – LEWE
30 MAART 1995 – 25 JANUARIE 2022 – VIR ALTYD EN EWIG