Don't Lie Down (by Tanja)

We would just like to share our progress with our new exciting venture. We are so proud of what we have accomplished so far. We still have quite a journey ahead of us, but we are so enthusiastic and eager to get our amazing products in the market and into every household in South Africa. And who knows, maybe even further!

As we've mentioned many times in our previous posts, we lost everything during the Covid-19 plandemic. Add to that the loss of limbs and our children immigrating to Europe. Our devastation was overwhelming and we felt such a keen loss of everything we held dear. What was our reason for going on? Why did we not give up as so many others, with fewer losses, have done?

One of my mottos in life is: If you lie down, you might never get up again. So, don't lie down!

Through the pain, the loss, the struggle to survive, we finally found something that we could be passionate about again. Our new baby, our passport to a better future.

I hope you have enjoyed sharing our journey thus far, and even though I may not post new stories as often, I promise to continue sharing and giving others hope to carry on and not give in to the temptation of lying down. There's always hope. There's always a reason to go on. You have to find it and give it your best shot. And remember, we tried many things and most of them failed. Yet, here we are with a new, very promising and exciting adventure.

A huge thank you to those who never gave up on us. Thank you for supporting us in so many different ways. Thank you for your confidence in us and your moral support. Without you on our side, the journey would have been so much harder.

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