Memorable Encounters
I met Sophia while standing in a que in Pick'Pay. We started talking about our children and what the challenges are that they face today eg. drugs, crime and the daily things we are faced with as moms. I felt that we had known each other for such a long time and yet we had never met before. I found out that she was a nurse and was unemployed at present. She gave me her phone number and I gave her mine. I was so surprised after three weeks she sent me an SMS wishing me Eid Mubarak, saying that it was from my Pick'Pay friend. I replied and said I thought that she was such an angel. I do hope I will run into her again soon.. I have a friend, Fowziah, whom I have been friends with since I was in standard three in primary school. We still visit communicate and go shopping together on a fairly regular basis. She is not married and looks after her father who is ninety three years old. Her mother died about 10 years a...