THIRTY-FOUR (!!!!) trips around the sun! 🎈

umzila kawulandelwa
2 min readOct 2, 2024

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Today is my 34th birthday!!! I’m currently on vacation in Margate, KZN with my baby dog. S/o to past me for this idea! I am enjoying every moment of this vacation with the love of my life, River!

To celebrate my birthday today we drove down to Umhlanga in Durban to have lunch at the Oyster Box hotel.

I’m a sucker for fine dining.

I am having such a wonderful time with my love! I love, love this baby dog! The *only* thing that would make this trip better would be if he suddenly started talking. Until then …

I am SO happy! And so deeply thankful that I get to call THIS *my* life!! What a gracious God!

My lunch date ♥️
Birthday girl 🎈

“won’t you celebrate with me

what i have shaped into

a kind of life? i had no model.

born in babylon

both nonwhite and woman

what did i see to be except myself?

i made it up

here on this bridge between

starshine and clay,

my one hand holding tight

my other hand; come celebrate

with me that everyday

something has tried to kill me

and has failed.”

Happy birthday to me!

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umzila kawulandelwa
umzila kawulandelwa

Written by umzila kawulandelwa

I tell stories about my experience of being alive. Perpetually day dreaming of reading and writing by the beach. Dotting dog mom.

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