Tag: loved
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What do You Take with You?
What have you gained in 2018? What will you bring into 2019 that you didn’t have a year ago? A spouse? Children? Wisdom? A new job? Grief? Knowledge? Grandchildren? Pain? A diagnosis? Hope? (Do NOT say ‘weight’! Some things are just better left ignored…!) Jokes aside, these are the questions I’ve been asking myself during…
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The Story within the Story – Searching for a Stranger
I was off to spend a couple of hours of free time with my friend, who was a Cuban pastor. Thomas walked with us to the nail salon, before taking off to roam the streets of Santiago de Cuba looking for photo opportunities. My husband has an outstanding ability to get in touch with people…
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Living Life in Family
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about family. Not just my own, although my husband and my children are permanently etched in my heart and soul, but the concept of family as such. I often speak about living life in family and how to me, family is an expression of true beauty. But I’ve come…
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Hope, Hurt and Hospitals
”I’m in pain! And I blame God!” The tiny woman in front of me shot off a verbal projectile the very moment I saw her. The hurt and disappointment in her eyes were overwhelming. She is such a prayer warrior, always lifting up people in need before the Lord. So, why had he not protected…
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25 Years and I Still Do
25 years ago, I married my best friend. I am 45 years old and I have spent 29 of them with this amazing man. All our kids are now older than I was when I met Thomas. Come on! Just saying it out loud sounds so weird and at the same time, so wonderfully right.…
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The Annoying, the Unlovable and the Gold
I’m sick of how she always takes the last one, without ever considering the needs of others. She’s so annoying, she’ll never change! And that new guy? He seems to think that he’s in charge of this place, doesn’t he get that there’s a certain order to things? And those snarky comments? What does he…
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How Do You Fill in the Blanks?
Some of you may remember that I wrote a blogpost a few weeks ago about being sick. My family was down with a cold for a few days and we have recovered well. I am slowly regaining my voice after three weeks as a mute. That’s kind of lame when you’re a communicator. Just sayin’. It was…
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The Sound of Heaven
I had downloaded a few old Christmas songs on my phone and were playing them over the sound system at home. Some had a fifties’ bluegrass feel to them and the sound of the guitar made me smile. All of a sudden I jumped to my feet. The strum pattern was the exact same my…
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The Gift No-one Else can Give
I feel I’ve been wrapping gifts for weeks. There’s not all that many, but I’ve spent days and weeks thinking about what to get for each of my loved ones. What do they want? What would make them happy? Is there any gift that I could give them that would make them feel known and…
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The Stories We Tell Ourselves
One of our sons was due to start in a new school. He dreaded it and looked forward to it at the same time. He wondered if he would make new friends, if they would be better than him at soccer, if the teacher would understand his handwriting – all those important questions that urgently…