So 2016 has been a year of eating my fill of relationships with South Africans – I met some new ones and reacquainted myself with long lost ones. They inspire me and they bolster me and when we speak in Afrikaans or dance or sing. They keep me sane on this side of the pond and we offer each other succor and comfort.

And then there are these boys… who are my ride or dies…who sustain me and grow me and has shaped me into the mother and woman I am. I will be for ever grateful. #trio