Essentials South Africa

Should you splurge ON KIDS' PARTIES?

Christina Savvouri, 40, is a photographer. She lives with her seven-year-old daughter, Isabella.

Discovering I was pregnant at 34 was a complete shock, but also a wonderful surprise. I had cancer when I was four years old and had chemotherapy on and off for years. Doctors warned it could affect my fertility, so I’d grown up thinking I’d never be a mom. When Isabella was born in 2012, it felt like something to

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