A journey into changing who you are, so you can find true peace with your life

Monday, November 10, 2014
Pause, Rewind, Delete
I find myself more and more these days wishing that life was like the remote for your TV, that it had buttons on that you could use, like you do your remote, you could pause your life when things were getting out of hand, you could rewind a situation that did not end as you had planned, and just delete days that were just to embarrassing, painful to relive, that you could replay the good days the days filled with laughter and friends and family over and over again.
I suppose at my age that is quite normal, I certainly could not imagine that I would be where I am right now, this is the time I should be enjoying freedom, children should be out of the nest, me and hubby should be doing all those things that we put off when the children were younger all of those things on my bucket list.
Instead I am divorced after almost 30 years of marraige......... Along with my youngest daughter I now have my new grandson invading my house.
And yet I know, believe with all my heart that God is in control that there is a purpose, a
usefulness for what I am going through, so everyday I smile because life is good, I could be homeless, jobless, family and friendless, I could be a drug addict, an alcoholic, I could be a raving lunatic( this on some days is still debatable) I could be sick, I could be helpless,
but I know I am the royal daughter of my Heavenly Father, I am an heiress to his Kingdom, I am his favoured one, I was created by Him in His image, and he knows the number of hairs on my head.............
Yes, its confirmed life is good, GOD IS GOOD............ ALWAYS
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Shopping Mall Nightmare
I love living in our little town of Heidelberg, it is old and quaint, it is full of old buildings with stories to tell, full of history, of wars, and scandals,
it is a sea of tall shady trees lining roadways and filling gardens, not forgotton, it is full of characters some of them still lost in the 1960's with there teased hair styles and their greased back fringes, as though we were miles away from civilisation, where in fact we are a stone throw away from the major centres. Heidelberg, nestled in a valley, sorrounded by the Suikerbos Mountain range, which causes us to have extremes in temperatures, so cold in winters and hot in summers but this is where I feel at peace this is where I call home.
And now we have a MALL, I used to love getting off the highway each day and the first thing that greets me is "the village" tall green trees, church steeples and vast open spaces and now slap bang in the middle of my VIEW they have put up a shopping mall. Did they try and make if fit in with out towns atmosphere no such luck it is a ugly big square box scarring the landscape and ruining my view by day and at night the skyline is no longer spotted with the twinkle of stars it is now lit up with the glow of the neon lights pouring out of the skylights in the roof guzzling up electricity.
But the mall is here, so the weekend it opened I went to "spy" on what was going on....
Dong... round one.
The only was to access the building from the car park where we parked with a child's pram was in a lift, which on the way in was not a problem. On the way out when the lift was already occuplied by two shopping trolleys, one child's pram and 6 adults, this, this, this, moron tried to push her way in, where exactly did she think she was going to get in, on top of us, maybe there was a secret floor and she was going in the second floor of the lift, well needless to say, she "decided" not to take the lift with us, probably feared for her life at the hands of the raving lunatic inside.
Dong... round two
Almost every seat in the middle of the isles of the shopping centre was occupied by a boob wielding monster, with a leach attached to the end of it.......... do people really not have any shame, do they really think that this is acceptable in a busy shopping centre.
Dong.... round three
7 in a row, how exactly do people think you are going to get past them, when they are walking 7 in a row, ambling through the shoppng centre as though they were the only onew there.. did you know that a babies pram can become a lethal weapon...... I will say no more.
Dong... round four
Standing in the queue,waiting quietly to pay for my groceries the two children behind me and i use the term loosely were attacking one another, slapping punching and banging into My handbag, I turned and asked politely, "Girls, if you bump into me one more time I am going to get very angry, stand still , behave yourself,until it is your turn" Well the "mother" and again i use the term with tongue in cheek, told them not to listen to me, they could do what ever they liked.
I am not sure whether I will be put on to a "wanted" list or a "person of interest" data base, will be interesting to see if any alarms go off the next time I go to my ugly Mall.
Monday, October 20, 2014
Silence is Golden
Okay, okay, okay I am the first to admit it we are a family of talkers, and if we don't know the person thats fine, we will talk to you, in the doctor's rooms, in the queue at the grocery store, in a lift, in the cinema, in a reastaurant, strangely enough not on aeroplanes i have yet to sit next to someone, whose nose was not in their, computors, ipods, smart phones, or what ever electronic devices are available these days. I really don't mind going into a room full of people because I will just introduce myself and find someone to talk to.
But sometimes, just sometimes I want silence, not quiet, but silence. No music, no TV, no dogs licking their paws, or any other part of their bodies, disgusting or not, that they are able to reach, no cats, munching their food, chasing each other under the beds, up and down the passages, no birds laughing.............. nothing like right now............. perfect.
Kayla and Noah are away at my sister for a week and I am all alone and enjoying every minute of it............ silence.........
Saturday, October 11, 2014
Raindrops and roses
""Raindrops and roses, and whiskers on kittens bright copper kettles and warm woollen mittens, bright paper packages tied up with string............ these are a few of my favourarite things..........""
Each day as I say my prayers, I remember something I read about, or heard which made a big impression on me.
If you woke up tomorrow with only the things that you had been thankful for the previous day then what would you have.
I am thankful that I have God that I can trust no matter what
Each day as I say my prayers, I remember something I read about, or heard which made a big impression on me.
If you woke up tomorrow with only the things that you had been thankful for the previous day then what would you have.
I am thankful that I have God that I can trust no matter what
I am thankful for my family, and that we really can laugh and love together, this my favouite photo I had it blown up on a canvas and it hangs above my bed.
My organised, artistic, talented daugher and the light of my life Hayden by first grandson.
My baby girl and now with her baby Noah, who has changed all our lives
And the Grand Old Lady my old 100 year old house which always needs something fixing, but who has a character all of her own, when you get here you never want to leave.
I am truly blessed........... THANK YOU
Sunday, October 5, 2014
Spring has Sprung
After a long grey winter, with little rain, and one "gift" of black frost my garden was looking very sorry for itself and crying out for some love and attention. Many of the new plants I had put in last summer have not recovered and succummed to the drab, cold dry winter season. And so we start again, I would love to know how much money I have spent over the years on plants that have not made it through the winter, I am sure I would be much richer than I am now, but I suppose that the fun, and peace of gardening is in the planting of new things and watching them grow.
Last year was the ornament and hanging basket year, I have lots of trees so my garden seems to be "green" with little or no colour, not much grows under the trees, so I went for some colorful hanging baskets and "cool fun" stuff for the walls, and as decorations........... I think I just like different, odd, but they are most certainly conversational additions to my garden.
What I need now is rain everything is dry and dusty and sad. Please let it rain
An old spade converted to a plant holder
My beloved verandah, i love to drink my tea here in the mornings, watch the sun rise, and contemplate life, while being entertained my "bubbles the Indian Minor we raised from a tiny pink featherless blob he had been blown out of his nest, and now had a vocabulary of about 30 words........... so cute.
My dog... of the three I have I wish they were all as well behaved as this one the old metal stirrup I dug resting on the bird bath I dug ot of the garden, one of the advantages of having a 100 year old house you never know what you will find.
An old step ladder my sister was throwing away, a good sanding a coat of paint, looks stuning.
Love my lime green pots gives such colour to my garden
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Jet Setter
I cannot believe that almost two years have passed without blogging, and how things have changed in the blogging world, and in my world. My computer genius was here tonight to upgrade everything as I could not get on to anyones blog including my own, it was by chance a few weeks ago I managed somehow to post a blog, and even left a message on my old friend "Yaya" from Whipering Pines and then .............. nothing again.
My world in 24 months has been swinging back and forth like a pendulum, but one thing remains constant......... my love for my Heavenly Father and my ability to laugh, especially at myself.
At the beginning of this year I was given a promotion, I am now National Credit Manager of a Billion Rand debtors book, 3500 customers and 17 credit controllers................. and I became a jet setter with banches all over the country I fly here there and every where........... now it is fun and I enjoy the people at the airports, it is amazing how people you have only sat next to for five minutes will give you there life story.
My first trip however was another story.
I flew from Johannesburg to Cape Town and met everyone, instead of staying over in Cape Town my boss had booked me on a flight to Durban arriving there at 8.30 in the evening, I then had to hire a car and find the hotel which I had never been to before in the dark. My daughter failed to tell me her Garmin had not been updated for 6 years.......... well I end up at the Durban main beach not a place to be after dark............ after getting instructions from the hotel i head back to my destination, it was pouring with rain........ and I just kept ending up at the wrong place........ all the road had changed names, the new South Africa..... at 10 o'clock it was now pouring with rain i ended up at a garage..... scared, tired, hungry, in my short skirt and high heel shoes, crying my eyes out, and I asked two guys to please help me............. I would love to know how they tell this story, because with one guy in a car behind and one guy in the car in front they escourted me to my hotel........ all of 6 minute down the road.....
The hotel restaurants were now closed, I had been booked into a self catering room, so had no tea or coffee, so just went to bed.......... the sea view the next morning was worth every tear.............. stunning
I always wondered what would happen if a "weight challenged" person was sitting next to me on the airoplane well it happened, and now I know, the gentleman was oozing over onto my seat, his folded arms came half way across my chest........... he had never flown before and was in the middle seat so kept standing up to look out of the window, and all I will say on this subject that it was not cute like this.................. ughhhhh
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
And then there were two
And the There Were Two
At last I found the problem with my blog and i am able to blog again,
How I have missed putting my stories down on paper, and how sad that the last two years have flown by as fast as a heartbeat and without any lasting memories, or communication from those of you who were there and supported me through one of the most difficult times of my life.
My family pod and friends who are still as fun loving and crazy as ever we had a Mexican night, the other night, with all the trimmings, learnt a very valuable lesson, Margarita's might sound exotic but taste absolutely awful, still wondering what to do with the rest of the ingredients, although I must admit make a very, very nice fridge tart....lol
My family has grown again my first Grandson Hayden is now two and as bright as a button, and like his Granny will try anything, took me one hour an 8 pony rides to convince him that it really was time to go home
My second Grandson Noah Allen Whittal was welcomed into the world on the 25 August
Its time now, to get back into the things I love, of which blogging, is the one I missed the most, and look forward to doing again.
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