Welcome to
Wisdoms & Wrinkles
Where every wrinkle is earned and all the wisdoms and are shared.

About Me
Blogger, mother, Wife, Wanna be hiker
I’m Laura — lifestyle blogger, amateur hiker, and a woman who has earned every single one of her wrinkles. Wisdoms & Wrinkles is where I share the honest, unfiltered reality of life after 40 — the hard weeks and the glimmers of joy, the perimenopause chaos and the hard-won wisdom that comes with navigating it. No wellness fluff. No pretending it’s all figured out. Just real life, shared honestly.
48 Years of Wisdoms
Making me a Xennial who wore jelly shoes, listened to cassettes and had dial up internet.
Countless Wisdoms
Life in the 80’s, 2 marriages, 4 kids and working for myself has given me many wisdoms.
1 Amazing Family
I still really like my gorgeous husband of 16 years. And my kids are all pretty awesome.
Latest Blog Posts
Wisdoms, hiking, Menopause and more
This is where I write about life as it actually is. The glimmers and the hard weeks. The walks that surprise you and the emotions that don’t. Come for the honesty, stay for the wisdom.
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Me Favourite Starter Hikes in Pretoria
I had no idea that there were so many hiking spots in Pretoria until I started getting out…
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Cute Easter Bag
I shared, in a separate post, the Easter bags I did for Emma and her friend. I wasn’t…
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Weekly Wisdoms #73
Another week! This week was pretty heavy for me, lots of tears again but also lots of rest,…
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Book Review: So I Met This Guy
I have gone down a bit of a rabbit hole of Alexandra Potter’s books after reading Confessions of…
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The 3am Club
Hands up women of a certain age, who else is awake at roughly 3am every morning? I wasn’t…
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Therapy – It’s not a quick fix
Over the years I have been to a therapist here and there. After my divorce I saw someone…
My Story
10 Random Facts About Me.
1. I am an text book Aries and enneagram 8.
2. I will eat good pesto straight from the jar. No apology forthcoming.
3. I homeschool my kids. Yes, on purpose.
4. I have become a coffee snob.
5. I started walking early 2025 and not, I fear, it is my personality.
6. I work with my husband, at home and I love it.
7. I love building Lego more than my kids.
8. Elephants are my favourite animal.
9. I am not too fond of people.
10. I have become rather an avid rugby fan.
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Weekly Wisdoms
My Weekly Wisdoms
These are a collection of my favourite wisdoms.
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Weekly Wisdoms #73
Another week! This week was pretty heavy for me, lots of tears again but also lots of rest,…
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Book Review: So I Met This Guy
I have gone down a bit of a rabbit hole of Alexandra Potter’s books after reading Confessions of…
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Hiking for Beginners : The First Steps
I had no great plans to start hiking. It wasn’t some big decision I made to get in…
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Word of the Week – Grief
This past week was rough. Really rough. It felt like I was right back to those early days…
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Weekly Wisdoms #72
Last week was so great, so many positive things happened but the wheels of my mental health have…
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Word of the Week – Positivity
I haven’t shared a word of the week in a while, I was (and still am) quite deep…
