Crystal-Lee Young

12/11/2025

We made it to Wednesday! Small celebration.
Everyday should start off with some motivation! ☕️

Grab this day by the 🐂 make a mad dash and give it your all 💥

11/11/2025

Surfing the foamies in my cup 🤪

Caught a wave before my first sip - productivity's off to a solid start 🏄🏻‍♂️

Cheers to a productive day ☕️
Coffee Shop - Hartenbos

10/11/2025

09/11/2025

Two stars in her hands. A thousand reasons to keep going.

She lifted two tiny starfish from a quiet sea gully, and I saw it—the way life hands our children small lights to carry. Not the distant stars we wish on, but the near ones we can hold: courage, kindness, trying again.

I told her, “When the tide pulls hard, remember—stars don’t stop shining because the waves are loud. Don’t give up.”

Parents, this is our call too: keep lifting, keep loving, keep looking for the little lights. They add up to constellations.

07/11/2025

This was so SPECIAL!🎥

Being in a room full of beautiful souls - inside & out. Part of a music video - RiskArt (I am so incredibly proud of you my friend.) 🖤

So honoured to be a part of your dream. May this song, like its words spread its 'wings' and take flight to heights unimaginable. 🌍

03/11/2025

Such a special photo.

Standing beside my dear friend, the creative force that she is — author, artist, and all-around beautiful human — holding Goofy Foot in her hands.

I remember the day Riska and I sat down for what we called “therapy coffee.” Back then, Goofy Foot hadn’t even been printed yet. I was wrestling with so many choices, staring down speed bumps that felt like mountains, trying to find the courage to keep going when it would’ve been easier to just close the book.

But that day reminded me of the power of friendship — the kind that helps you untangle life’s worries over a good cup of coffee and a kind word.

Now, seeing this moment frozen in a photo… it’s a quiet reminder that perseverance, kindness, and connection make dreams real.

If you haven’t met Goofy Foot yet, maybe it’s time. It’s more than a children’s story — it’s a little piece of my heart.

Order your copy here: www.crystalyoung.co.za and have it couriered to you 😎

31/10/2025

When life gets too much… get out.

Call that friend — the one who just gets it.
Pack a bag, hit the road, breathe again.

Get out your bubble. Get out your head.
Laugh, wander, sit in the quiet, and let nature do its thing.

Because sometimes you don’t need answers — just fresh air, good company, and a sky big enough to make life feel light again.

Refuel. Reset. Reconnect

30/10/2025

A beautiful life!

If you’ve missed my posts a little, it’s not because I wasn’t busy… it’s because I’ve been too busy.

Last term you could’ve scraped me off the gravel with an egg spatula. Having kids in school should be a full‑time job on its own—never mind the one that actually pays the accounts. This term I’ve got my army boots on and I’m hauling myself to the finish line (a.k.a. the end of the school year). Final hoorah incoming: concerts, fundraisers, festivals, exams… and approximately 47 “urgent” forms that appear at 9pm. 🤪

Also, yes to late‑night stress relief: the kids finally asleep, me and cracking open a bag of chips and pressing play on a Netflix series like it’s therapy—with better crunch. If you hear rustling at 10:57pm, it’s my coping mechanism.

We’re all on the same road—just in different gears. I’ll meet you at the ethereal coffee bar; if it looks like you’ve just had a whole pot of coffee, I promise I won’t judge. (I have had a few myself today.) 🤣

To the tired parents: we’ve made it this far. Be proud of the year you’ve carried. If your road looked different—quieter, messier, heavier—you still showed up. That counts. We’re nearly there.

Photo Credit: Crystal-Lee Young

Crystal x

#2025