(not so) Melancholy Monday
(not so) Melancholy Monday
This Saturday I’m grateful for…..
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Grateful that my beautiful Mum, after 25 excruciating days in hospital is finally going home on Monday.
There will be daily hospital visits to her at home for another couple of weeks, but she’s HOME! YAY!
Grateful as it means she is so much better and she won’t lose her leg.
And so so grateful that she is my mum.
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Grateful that my Mum has an amazing doctor that won’t give up on her and is a perfectionist with everything he does.
Thank you Dr Lee for saving my mum for the second time!
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Grateful for the nurses that provided so much care and help to my mum
{and even for the ones that weren’t so good and in need of an obvious career change}
Grateful they helped her to keep her sanity, after staring at the same 4 walls for 25 days straight
{oh oops and a window, ha ha}
Point and shoot
Pretty cute I must admit.
And at the end of the day – have to protect those little eyes from our harsh Aussie sun!
With all that’s been going on, I haven’t had my camera out much so this was taken with my handy little iphone.
Head over to fatmumslim for more Point & Shoot fun!!
My unexplained disappearance
Wow, I really deserted my little Blog. Sorry Blog.
Unfortunately it was due to some really big shitty life crap. To put it bluntly.
#1.
3 weeks ago I went to a meeting at work which ended up turning into a bureaucratic bullshit mess and me handing in my resignation. HUGE.
MASSIVE.
And really scary.
I work for a reason….. because I HAVE to. It’s called a mortgage.
But I’m looking on the bright side and I refuse to consider myself as unemployed…. I’m just having a week or two off and then onto new beginnings. YAY. *gulp*
#2.
My mum got really sick. She has Lymphedema in her legs and ended up with a nasty infection. This happened 2 yrs ago which nearly took her life so it was so scary to have it happen again. She’s still in hospital but is on the mend and once again she will get through this infection too. She’s one tough chook. At least I could be by her side and keep her spirits up.
#3.
With that stressful 3 weeks of hell, I kind of fell in a heap and suffered all the ramifications of stress…… migranes… exhaustion etc and only now feel that I have finally got over it.
And back to my little blog.
And more of life’s adventures to tell.
(not so) Melancholy Monday
(not so) Melancholy Monday
Even when we are falling apart ….. we can stand strong, against all the elements and still make a lasting impression in this world.
(not so) Melancholy Monday can be a picture, a quote or something that has made you happy.
Anything really that when you saw it / read it / listened to it, it put a smile on your face or made you laugh.
Feel free to join in as I’d love to see what makes everyone smile : )
Point and Shoot
So, we went out on Sunday and had a family day.
Days like this help me remember what’s really important.
Lindsay, Acacia & I went for a walk around Hahndorf, then onto the farm barn where Acacia patted a baby crocodile AND a very small snake!!!
She had an absolute ball and so did we.
I’m going to make sure I keep this etched in my memory whilst I deal with a stressful situation at the moment.
Think happy thoughts!!!
When are you having another baby?
I’m starting to get that question………..
So, how old is Acacia?
{oh oh} She’s 2 1/2. {starting to cringe}
Oh, already? How time flies!
{here it comes, I can feel it}
The next thing you know she will be starting school.
{just ask me already, I know you want to}
So any plans for a little brother or sister?
BAM! THERE’S THAT LEFT HOOK.
*sigh*
I understand where it comes from. It’s just the way the majority of us are conditioned to think. People have kids. KidS. At the very least you have 2. I mean, who wouldn’t give their child a sibling???
Well I wouldn’t. There I said it. Now to be perfectly confusing honest, I am practically sprouting feathers over wanting another baby.
B.A.B.Y. Actually I just saw a beautiful little bubba today and I practically wanted to grab her and run {not seriously Cara xox}
But that’s just it, I knew I could give her back. And I can’t get enough of bubba’s.
I should have been a midwife or something ’cause I just want to practically inhale them when I see one.
Once they start walking and talking ….. not as cute now.
I wonder if it hadn’t taken us six years to {finally} be blessed with Acacia we would be different.
We would be younger…… less wise have more energy, less debt, and maybe just a tad bit more patience. But to be honest we have looked at each other and said…..one is enough. Lets not temp fate.
We have been blessed so lets count that blessing and be grateful we got the chance to be parents.
Lets not succumb to society or pressure and have another, when {deep down} we know we would be better parents with just one.
Some of the most well adjusted, confident & nicest people I know are only children….. hmm is it because of the lack of teasing and constant competition? {heh heh love ya sis *gulp*}
No I don’t think so.
Because some of the most well adjusted, confident & nicest people I know do have siblings.
The thing they all have in common is that they have all been LOVED.
And in the end……. that’s all it boils down to for me.
It’s not how many children I have or how cute or smart they are ….. its that we give every ounce of love we have and guide and protect them in their life.
One & Only
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THE best decision of my life.
I don’t want to embarrass him as he’s a very personal person, but I wanted to just do a little post to honour our relationship & say thankyou for the last three(married) and nine total years.
You are my TRUTH
In EVERY way.
Without you by my side
I would be the saddest girl in the world.
{from the amazing & talented poet Nan Witcomb}
but the warmth remains,
when the pain of desire ebbs away
& the respect & caring grow,
then you have a friendship more precious
than all the treasures in this world.
I look forward to being old and wrinkly and swinging in a hammock with you
