*H*A*P*P*Y* *N*E*W* *Y*E*A*R*

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HAPPY

NEW

YEAR

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2010 was the year I started blogging

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I am SO SO HAPPY

with all you new friends

all over the world .

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I enjoy every minute

BLOGGING

with all of you

so

a whole new year

with lots of BLOG-TIME

I am looking forward.

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SEE

YOU NEXT YEAR

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Wish you

and your loved-ones

a happy new year

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* O * L * I * E * B * O * L * L * E * N *

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This is what we eat

when the old year is leaving

and the new year is arriving !

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OLIEBOLLEN

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mmmmmmmm

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lots of lights .....

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another Christmas

in my memory-box.

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I love the days after !

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enjoying my coffee

and doing nothing at all

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hope you all have

lots of sweet memories

in your little secret boxes

in your hearts .

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Merry Christmas to you and you and you.....

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merry christmas

to all of you

all

around

the

world

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BLUE * BLUE * BLUE

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a moment with fresh coffee

or tea of course

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christmas is near by ...

almost around the corner .....

Can you hear the bells ringing ...

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not yet knowing what's

under the christmas -tree .......

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ALL IS STILL IN THE AIR

promessing

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cherishing

this wonderful time

with all of you

all around the world

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ENJOYING

EACH AND ALL

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mmmmmmmmmmmmm

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mmmmmmmm

at home

outside lots of snow

and the sun is shining too !

almost my Christmasgirl's birthday !

Yes I have my own Christmas child .

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*E*L*I*S*A*B*E*T*H*

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It's not the most easy day to have your birthday

that's for sure .

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my daughter-in-law

is also having her birthday

on that same day

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*V*A*N*E*S*S*A

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she is expecting my very first GRANDCHILD

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and OH OH OH

JUST NOW

I WON SWEET KORALEE'S

WONDERFUL

GIVE-AWAY

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we have a lot to celebrate !

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together we are all a part of the puzzle

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The days before Christmas .

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Made me think about all the people

who have jobs that are not so inspiring

as for instant being a teacher or ........

But have to work in the stores

and put the stock on the shelves

over and over and over again.

Or drive in the big trucks

on the highways and than in the city

maneuvering through the traffic

spending hours in trafficjam .

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All those people

deserve a smile and a friendly treatment .

Where would we be without them ?

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So smile a lot these days .

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beautiful books

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Books are the quietest

and most constant of friends.

They are the most accessible

and wishes of councellors

and the most patient of teachers

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C.W.Eliot

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BOOKS and CHRISTMAS

belong together for me .

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Childrenbooks

Pop-up books

beautiful books

Story-books

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I SO love books .

Love to give them

Love to get them

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christmas-stamps

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Overhere we have special stamps

for the christmas-cards.

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This year they are so beautiful !

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I love writing my christmas-cards .

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Coffee , some music ..........................

and of course my favourite fountainpen .

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I'm enjoying my sunday.

Hope you are too !

birthday my firstborn today ....

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Long time ago

on this day 11 december

I became a mother .

My first child , beautiful son

*V*A*L*E*N*T*I*J*N*

He will be special forever to me

because he made me a mother .

What did I know ?

Nothing !

Was I like the picture ?

without worries , dancing ?

Oh no I was very very very serious ...far too much overanxious.

He took me on this most wonderful journey

his life * my life

I learned so much thanks to him .

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and now he will be a father himself

may 2011

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and again he is the one who is going to make me

a grandmother

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Life is so wonderfulbeautiful

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a sunbeam to warm you

a moonbeam to charm you

a sheltering angel,

so nothing can harm you.

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Irish blessing

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My weekend is here

Enjoying it already

Hope you do too

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Hello ........

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Sometimes

I wonder how your voices

will sound

on the phone

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But also

singing Christmas-songs

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All over the world

we are enjoying

listening to the radio...

christmas music

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and we'll be singing

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our voices will meet

high above

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I think the angels

will smile

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let it snow * * * * *

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This is

where my daughter is going to .

FRANCE

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today all her things

will be transported

to her new

"HOME"

( home is where the heart is )

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OVERHERE

it is snowing

and there's as much snow as

OVERTHERE

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Her brothers and sister

are with her to help , today .

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Winterwonderland

I"ll be glad

when everything

and everyone

is save and at home again

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Hope you all are save

and at home

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and you and you and you

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GOOD COMMUNICATION

IS AS STIMULATING

AS BLACK COFFEE AND

JUST AS HARD TO SLEEP AFTER.

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Anne Morrow Lindberg

( gift from the sea )

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I love to communicate

with you

and you

and you

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Good night

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BLESSED IS THE PERSON

WHO IS TOO BUSY TO WORRIE

IN THE DAYTIME

AND TOO SLEEPY

TO WORRIE AT NIGHT

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anonymous

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Have a good night sleep

all of you

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Stars

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It is not in the stars

to hold our destiny

but in ourselves

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William Shakespeare

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You are all my STARS

a little help for a friend .....

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Just to let you know

I think about you

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My sweet friend

who can use a bit of

prosperity

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and of course

for all of you who need some too !

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Good night

and sleep well

in the spirit of love

You will find as

you look back

upon your life

that the

moments when

you have truly

lived are the

moments

when you

have done

things in the

spirit of

love

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*B*I*G* *L*O*V*E*

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Today I need a lot of love.

Who doesn't !

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Please

if you have some

send a little bit my way

there's nothing special

but I feel in need of love

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of to my coffee now

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*C*H*O*C*O*L*A*T*E*

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Oh .... how I love chocolate !

November and december

are chocolate-months ....

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Hope you like it too

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so many good times ......

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Wonderful memories.

So many times

in the kitchen

with my children

mmmmmmm

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wish I could let you all

taste .

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beautiful day

I am still learning .

Michelangelo

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young @ heart

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Living by heart

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There"s this wonderful

and inspiring dvd

called

YOUNG@HEART

about this choir

where the average age is 81!

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they sing songs of

Jimi Hendrix

Nirvana

James Brown

Pointer Sisters

Coldplay

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Despite age and health

they live for the music.

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I wish you all

to see this dvd .

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happy hearts to ALL of you

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coulourful

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I LOVE THOSE COULOURS

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sometimes we feel BLUE

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sometimes we are green

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sometimes everything is bright

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what 's your favourite ?

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Wishing you a coulourful weekend .

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Pearls

*P*E*A*R*L*S*

was the theme of the

girlfriends-birthdayparty-afternoon

last sunday

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moments in life where

everything falls on its place

and shines

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like pearls do

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I asked my friends

Astrid

Barbara

Leontien

Saskia

Saskia

and

Sylvia

to think about the theme

and

to share one of their pearl-moments

with us

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My girlfriends are amazing and inspiring.

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and

SURPRISING

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one of them

was searching

on the internet

for the genesis of the pearl

and came with an amazing story

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Long ago the ACTS OF THOMAS

were found

he was an apostle of Jesus.

In this apocryphal scripture

there is a poem

about

THE MYTH OF

THE SONG OF THE PEARL

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This is a wonderful story

about the journey of the soul.

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Can you imagen

an afternoon

with my special and dear friends

and they all shared something

from their own life-experiences

beautiful as pearls .

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and we ALL collected them

and took those beautiful PEARLS

in our hearts

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The meeting

of two personalities

is like

the contact of

two chemical substances ;

if there is any reaction

both are transformed.

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....C..G..Jung.....

Wish you lots of meetings !

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Girlfriends

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Next sunday-afternoon

is my birthdayparty

with my girlfriends .

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We will be with seven

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No one else

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Each year I choose a theme

and ask my friends

to think about the theme

and to tell something about it

from their own experiences

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We listen to each other

Sharing is so wonderful and

INSPIRING .

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put on your dancingshoes

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Sweet friends all over the world

put on your dancingshoes

and dance dance dance

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forget everything

for a few minutes

close your eyes

and off you go

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Have fun

dancing

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Happy birthday to ME .....

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TODAY

IS THE DAY

MY HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

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This morning at school

lots of surprises........

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I'll try to show you some pictures soon !

Now I'm off ..... to my day .

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Wish you all a wonderful day .

Words

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The magic of WORDS ...

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I love words that have

a special meaning or sound .

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The children in my class

are 4 , 5 or 6

and they know how to enjoy

beautiful

or funny words

too !

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Wish you all

magic words

that make your day !

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just one ....

I was not always very good

in looking after myself.

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It was always more important

to be a good mother

a good wife ,daughter , friend ,

sister , colleague , neighbour

and so on .

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But I always knew

how to be happy

with small things ,

gestures for myself.

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Just one new coffeecup

a magazine and all went well .

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Some things never change

coffee .... magazine ............

mmmmmm

enjoying my afternoon .

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Hope you enjoy yours

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My daughter is going to work and live in France

My daughter Anna

is going to work and live

IN FRANCE !

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2011

and off she goes .

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VIVE LA FRANCE !

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long time ago

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LONG TIME AGO
this car
was my birthday-present !
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I loved it
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after this pretty
I had another blue one
and after that
a RED one
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so you could say
I'm a great FAN !
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Don't you love good memories ?
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looking forward

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OUTSIDE WIND AND RAIN .

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BUT INSIDE

I'M SO LOOKING FORWARD

TO MY BIRTHDAY

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Hope you have something special

to look forward to TOO .

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courage

A sheltered life

can be a daring life as well.

For all serious daring

starts from WITHIN .

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Eudora Welty

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The Universe gifts me

with courage in all things.

I cherish my own courage.

I salute myself for the brave action

I undertake in my life .

I focus

with clarity and appriciation

on the choices

I have made

which have requiered courage

and selfdetermination .

I applaud myself

for my strength

and my daring.

Rather than belittle myself

for my fears ,

I choose to honor myself

for the bravery

with wich I have often walked

through my fears .

I count back

in specific ways

and enumerate

for myself

examples

of my own courage :

the new friendship

hIave undertaken ,

the steadiness I have shown

in a difficult job ,

the honesty I have displayed

in opening a difficult conversation .

I honor myself

for my bigheartness

in the face of challenges

from which I could have

- but did not -

shrunk back.

My courage

brings blessings to my life.

My courage

blesses the lives of others .

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from my favourite book

PRAYERS TO THE GREAT CREATOR

by Julia Cameron.

Wishing you all moments

to think about YOUR COURAGE !

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writing

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I love writing

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mostly with pen and paper

and envelopes and poststamps

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But

I'm very happy

my internet

is working again

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oh oh oh

OH OH OH

my internet is letting me down.

a few minutes

and than everything is gone .

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YES YES YES

YES YES YES

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Congratiolations

I have 50 followers .

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and

since a few days

BIG TROUBLE

with my laptop .

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Sorrie

but I'll be back !

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come and sit with me

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Goodmorning

to all of you .

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Overhere it's 10.30 in the morning .

Wonderful sunny saterday

and a whole week ahead without school/work.

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Freetime-Me-time

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With the award came the question

to tell some things about myself

you don't know yet .

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one

my favourite word is

VERWONDERING

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two

I love hanging little things on my chandelier

with golden yarn

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Three

Knitting brings me peace of mind

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Four

I have 3 sisters and 1 brother = 4

I have two sons and two daughters = 4

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Five

I am the oldest of 5

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Six

when I feel emotional

and need to let go all the tears

that I saved

I know exactly

what movie I must see

what passage

and

off they go

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Seven

My eyes

they are green

and I like that

very much

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And.....now.......I can give the award

forward to three lovely ladies

Tess

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fleurfatale

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Karen

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Big step

OH MY .......

I received an AWARD !

My very first one ever !

From Fiene.

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At first I could not believe it .

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I'm still learning

and lots of things are not going as I want .

But I don't know how to change them ( YET ! )

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So receiving this award means a lot .

My blog is finding her way to...........

SURPRISE

more and more of you ladies !

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Than the first obstacle appeared

How do I tell you about all of this

not knowing how to make a link ..........

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That's my reward because

Now I have to learn how to do that !

and

I did it

I know now

Yes I can !

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49 followers

and I did

nothing special

for that .

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As much as I can

I follow

you

and

YES

I do have my favourites !

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The other happy event was

the Christmas Trade

from

ANNA

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I'm IN !

read all about it on her blog .

I'm so excited .....

The fun has already begun ....

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SO

YES

BY SURPRISE

A LOT HAPPENED

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A

BIG STEP

as Saskia

mentioned on her blog today.

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Thanks

to her

I started blogging

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With the award comes

I have to tell 7 things

you all

don't know about me .

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That will be

in my next blog .

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So you have to excuse me

I'm off

drinking coffee

and celebrating

I passed my first exam- blogging :

making this work !

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I'm so proud

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and happy

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