Hallo, Ma is a collection of columns in the form of letters to her mother by academic and founder of the Windhoek Woordfees, Chrisna Beuke-Muir, herself a mother of six. In Sing, Mamma, sing, Theresa Papenfus tells her own family story, with the life and early death of her youngest son Braam as the pivot point. Writer in her own right Lizette Murray speaks to Chrisna and Teresa, and they discuss mothers, motherhood and a mother’s most difficult experience.