Cape Town – Rachel Kolisi, wife of Springboks captain Siya Kolisi, celebrated their son Nicholas’s 10th birthday on Instagram, calling him a “miracle” premature baby and praising his kindness and empathy.
“10 years of Nicholas 🥹❤️. My miracle prem baby. He is considerate, kind and full of empathy. He is all the good things and I’m so grateful I get to be his mama,” Rachel wrote.
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The Kolisis also reflected on their family journey, including the adoption of Siya’s siblings, Liyema and Liphelo, 10 years ago.
Rachel shared that they had recently celebrated Liphelo’s birthday and remembered the milestone of adopting the siblings, who had previously moved between orphanages and foster homes.
“While celebrating Liphelo’s birthday last week, and having all 4 kids home for the weekend, we reflected on the fact that almost to the day, 10 years ago, Liphelo and Liyema came to spend a week with us in Cape Town to see that they were comfortable to make the move and come stay with us forever.
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“I was 24 years old Nic was 3 months old, Liphelo had just turned 7 and Liyema 12. 10 years, of the greatest gift God could have ever given me. ❤️,” she wrote.
Siya and Rachel Kolisi, who adopted Liyema and Liphelo in 2014, have been raising them alongside their biological children, Nicholas and Keziah.
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Compiled by Betha Madhomu
