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21/09/202121/09/2021

D-Day: Type 1 Diabetes

I often dream about water when I am overwhelmed. It… Read More
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30/07/202111/08/2021

Uber Eats Get It

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OneSpark Rises to Help

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Uber to help with rides in Durban and parts of Gauteng to help #RebuildSA

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Disney’s Encanto

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Hi I'm Nikita.

Welcome to my corner of the online sphere. A place where we can be honest about mothering while trying to juggle life as working moms. As mothers, we worry about losing our identity, so let's find out together. With eight years of experience as a wordsmith, I'm never at a loss of words but maybe that's my Portuguese heritage coming through.

Hearts in Her Shoes Nikita Camacho Mommy and Lifestyle Blogger

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  • D-Day: Type 1 Diabetes 21/09/2021
  • Uber Eats Get It 30/07/2021
  • OneSpark Rises to Help 26/07/2021
  • Uber to help with rides in Durban and parts of Gauteng to help #RebuildSA 17/07/2021
  • Disney’s Encanto 08/07/2021

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I often dream about water when I am overwhelmed. I I often dream about water when I am overwhelmed. It has become a reoccurring dream since I was 16 years old. It starts off the same way. It is a beautiful sunny day near a sea but the location varies, an island, or a building near the sea. Random at times. However, the skies darken and I watch the seas rise. A tsunami coming towards me. I try to scream to everyone to move to higher ground, the wave of destruction would hover inches away from me, it never touched me until now. THE GREAT UNKNOWN My daughter, Adriana was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes on Tuesday 3 August 2021. It has been a little over a month since her diagnosis and that medical detection is the tsunami that enveloped our family. Often I am asked how do I feel and how are we coping with Adriana’s diagnosis which can leave me stammering for the best explanation. Remember the tsunami I was talking about? Well the waves have not stopped. Life as you know it completely changes as you are overcome by the tsunami. You are unsure which way the surface is, you are battling to breathe as you are whipped around by the force of the water. The moment you hit the surface, you try to swim but for some reason you can’t. It is as if your body is made of lead. You see another head bobbing around the water near you. You manage to edge closer and closer, only to realise that this weak person is your child. The tangible fear in their eyes as you try to soothe them about what is happening. You use every ounce of your soul to keep your child afloat as the dark waters show their might. I felt the tsunami as I climbed onto the bed with Adriana in the treatment at Paediatric Endocrinologists’ rooms. Read our full story of Adriana’s diagnosis in our bio. Photo @dayone_photography #type1diabetes #type1lookslikeme #type1diabetesawareness #type1diabeticchild #samommyblogger #samomblogger #salifestyleblogger #joburgmomblogger
The Contigo bottle is the perfect drinking bottle The Contigo bottle is the perfect drinking bottle for this active pre-schooler. Naturally she leaves her water bottle lying around with the top open so I end up finding a wet spot on the couch. We got the Contigo Gizmo Flip in Adriana’s staple colour, pink. I don’t know who’s more excited about the spill-proof valve, me or Adriana? SWIPE to watch Adriana put her Gizmo Flip AUTOSPOUT™️ to the test. You can shop the variety of Contigo Drinkware online with our 15% discount code @heartnikita15 I’ve added the link to our bio for your convenience too. #contigo #gocontigo #contigosa #momhacks #samomblogger #samommyblogger #samommyblog #salifestyleblogger #salifestyleblog
“Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul “Kind words are like honey— sweet to the soul and healthy for the body”. - Proverbs 16:24 Oh and how sweet are these words coming out of her mouth. Words are powerful as they turn us all “mushy” inside when someone sends a shout-out, a kind message or just says something so sweet. Awww!!! I’m saying thank you to every single person reading this right now. You have brought so much love, encouragement and good laughs to our little family over the past weeks. May you have the energy to face any challenge placed in your way this week. The patience to work through it. Enough love in your heart to know that you are incredible, beautiful and blessed! When something becomes too much, take a breath, take a walk, have a coffee, and just whisper to yourself “Jesus take the wheel” because I don’t have enough money to bail you out of trouble 😂❤️ Tag someone to put a smile on their face Happy Sunday! ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ #samomblogger #momlife #southafricanmom #mamablogger #southafricanblogger #mommyandme #mommyanddaughterduo #salifestyleblog #salifestyleblogger
Today… I couldn’t keep it in any longer. I r Today… I couldn’t keep it in any longer. I reached the brim. The emotions started spilling over… First, it was the two minutes in front of a class of 23 teenage boys. They were stunned, maybe I scared them. With Adriana at school, I’ve been terribly stressed. So I explained to them that I’m not being rude when I look at my phone, I’m double-checking my recently diagnosed daughter’s glucose levels. Saying it out loud, made the reality of Type 1 Diabetes hit me hard so the tears spilled. I knew that the floodgates would open. I went to see my boss, I needed to talk to someone. She has T1D. I was honest at how exhausted I am. Staying up late every night checking Adriana’s glucose levels. How every night I am scared to go to sleep, I’m scared that Adriana won’t wake up from her nighttime slumber. I realised this week how much I’ve consumed myself with diabetes for the past five weeks as I’ve had to step out of this “diabetic bubble” and back into the real world. So tomorrow is another day, as I get ready to adjust to our new normal. I wish I could wave a magic wand and erase this disease out of our lives but I have to be brave for Adriana and cry out of sight. Moral of the story? If you feel overwhelmed by a situation and find someone to talk. A good cry will make you feel better. Hang in there ❤️ #t1dlookslikeme #t1dmom #t1diabetesawareness #samom #samomblogger #samommyblogger #samommyblog #samomblog #salifestyleblogger #salifestyleblog
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