What a day it has been!!! I thought I was going ok, coping with Dave being away, till I spoke with him this morning and then I just lost it. Then Lucy and I went to visit my Great Aunt (Mums Aunt) who is in hospital. She is 95, has no kids and is the last of her siblings. It was just sad to see her feeling so vulnerable and upset. I was fine till Lucy and I got outside and that was it, I just wept. Wept for her being so lonely, wept for her loss of independence (she is one of the most independent people I know), wept for her missing her husband (an amazing man) and her brothers and sister and wept purely for the fact that she has no one who can tell her story. She has no one who knows what her thoughts have been, no one who can say what she stood for, no one who can retell her memories the way she wants them remembered and that makes me sad. So to take my mind off all of this Lucy and I went for a caramel latte and babycino. It helped but what also helped was making this layout. It's for the 'just posted' challenge at Inspired by Amelie, you have to use a torn photo (the amount of tearing is up to you) and have red on the page somewhere. So I got all my blerk out of my head and on to paper...
Journaling reads "Gosh it tears me up that people spend their lives on things like anger, hurt and hate. Life is so precious and shouldn't be wasted on such things. Fill your life with things of worth. Because it is those things that matter! I want to live a worthwhile life."
I am so thankful that I am able to tell my story and that I have people who will be able to remember my memories because I have someone to share it with. So very thankful that I am loved and have people to love. Am thankful of this everyday!!!
Ok so off the heavy and on to the lighter! Told you it's been a roller coaster day, have to share this, this made me HAPPY!!!
Elizabeth was writing on the shower window as she had her shower tonight, made me glow from the inside to see this little chicky writing! I am so proud of the hurdles she is JUMPING and the things that she is learning. With Megan and Jessica they both were writing before they started kindergarten, Elizabeth started the year having a hard time holding a pencil and unable to form any letters at all. Her motor skills are slowly coming on and it made my heart grow to see her writing words... not just letters but real words... she doesn't know many yet but seeing her confident in the few she wrote made me smile
So there you go folks that is my day, one more sleep and Davie Babes will be home and for that I am thankful too! So how about the RAK I promised for my 800th post?! Well leave a comment and your in the draw. You have from now till 24 hours time to leave a comment and then I will put all the names into a hat and put together a 'happy' prize for the winner. Oh and there will be Tim Tams in the prize if your an international winner :)
Will leave you with, not the sunrise as it was overcast this morning, but the sun going down over the hill, the sun setting on another day.
Edit to add: PS Jessica lost her third tooth today, she twisted it out at school...HMMMM
