woensdag 27 februari 2013

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SURPRISES

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my children
asked me to leave 
my house
for a day

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no questions
to be asked

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and you know
WHAT ?
They painted my livingroom
all the walls and the ceiling 
all beautiful warm white

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new start 
MADE WITH LOVE 
heartwarming LOVE

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and now
 I am SO ENJOYING
every minute 
sitting in my new
 clean and BRIGHT
room 

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feeling all their 
LOVE
for me !

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I hope 
you all
are loved too

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vrijdag 22 februari 2013

The JOY of letting go .....



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Is 
NOTHING
 really
 NOTHING ?

N O - T H I N G 

Is
 EMPTY
 really
 EMPTY ?

I guess it comes with my age
I am aware of the importance
of
LETTING GO .

So far nothing new
were it not
I have been saving things
for a far too long time.

and now
a lot is changing
FOR THE BEST 

I never could let go 
easily
( hey I am also a Scorpion )
and so I kept 
the PAST in all kind of stuff

For a long long time
I believed 
LETTING GO
was all about 
THE PAST 

And now 
a true miracle happened
now I SEE AND I KNOW
letting go
is all about 
THE FUTURE 

It's just the same
with all the stuff
It's taking a lot of space
and by letting go
NEW SPACE APPEARS
and not only that
the new space 
is there 
for what the future
will bring

NOW I realise
how
enjoying the nothing
the emptiness
is
of the greatest importance
because

I am beginning 
to hear
my own voice

Maybe you now think
what is she talking about
( writing about )
but to me 
the most amazing things
are happening
and 
I will tell you 
ALL about it 
soon

but for now
I am busy
clearing-up my life
and
I never thought
that could be
such a JOYFULL
thing to do

I am dancing
and
making a lot of space
for the future 

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donderdag 21 februari 2013


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my-wish-for-you

Quilt strolls on moonlit nights
a playgrounds endless laughter
blooming roses in the spring
the glow the morning after

walking barefoot in the grass
a poem that makes you cry
the feel of silk upon your skin
an eagle when it flies

love songs on the radio
old couples holding hands
new born kittens nursing
enthusiastic fans

sitting on a porch swing
sipping lemonade
admiring the beauty
in all that God has made

watching for a shooting star
a breeze that cools things down
the first snow of winter
a night out of town

little acts of kindness
a loving word or two
simple things to treasure
these things I wish for you

author unknkown

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Just to wish you all
some musing time
sitting with your coffee
or tea
and doing nothing
just let it be 

I will do that too 
and who knows
somewhere in time and space
our thoughts can meet 

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zondag 17 februari 2013

in my heart


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How about you ?
are you aware of
what's in YOUR heart ?
.

I told you about 
my friend
who has received
NEW LONGS
and got a new chance 
to live longer

before the operation
I was thinking more  and more
about how my life would be
without my friend
and that thought made me
sad very very sad.

Growing older
loosing people
becomes more and more
reality 

At first I could only think
about the lost
and the missing

I know 
since the operation
all has changed
but 
something else has changed too

By letting in my feelings
and taking myself seriously
something 
wonderful happened

I realised 
the people you have 
closed in your heart
they stay there
for ever 

I carry their heart
with me
I carry it 
in my heart 

I know that 
now
better than before 

Happy new week 
to all of you 

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donderdag 14 februari 2013

Oma Muize






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I love EVA
my granddaughter
She is now 20 months of age
and  she talks ......

I love MAILEG mice 
I have three of them


Two living in this box


and 
on my last birthday
the right one
came to live with me

In dutch they are called
MUIZEN
MUIS (if it's one )

sometimes
when Eva is with me
we call them 
we sind a song
and go and find out
if they are AWAKE
and willing to play with us 

We love to play with them
and than
one day
when she was at home
and her mother said
they were going to visit me
Eva said

OMA MUIZE

and that's what she calls me
oma muize 

That's my Valentine Love Story
for you today 

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dinsdag 12 februari 2013

it just fits ........




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It just fits
into
this empty place
in your heart .....

After reading those words
found them while
pinteresting
...................
I was amazed
again
by
what a few words
can say ... can do ...

THIS EMPTY PLACE
IN YOUR HEART

and something
fits in 

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I am still
IN BETWEEN
an old life
and a new one

the old one
is very far away 
that is my married life 
20 years ago !

and than there was 
this life as a single parent
with four children
and a full-time
teaching job


and than two years 
of not being able to work 
anymore
and having to let go
this amazing job
as a kindergartenteacher
and also 
adjusting to lots of pain...
and 
in the same time
my two last staying at home
children 
moved out 
and there I was
in this house 
with the empty rooms
and an empty agenda
and an empty life 

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at first it only was
all of that 
I simply could not think
about 
THE FUTURE
what future ?

I was not a mother 
of children in my house
anymore
I was not a teacher anymore

I was completely LOST

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Thanks to my very special
Blogfriends
I was belonging somewhere
in this space
between reality and 
what was to come ....

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because
by blogging
I was discouvering
a whole new part of ME
All those amzing inspiring
women all over the world
sharing so much
and being there for
EACHOTHER

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SURPRISING
me in the mail
with the most heartwarming
packets

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bringing me
new friendship
and also 
SPACE
by thinking worldwide !
letting me know
I was good
just the way I was

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and so I could go
to accept
and  mourn about the lost 
of my work 

and lots of other stuf
I put away somewhere
because I was too busy
SURVIVING
with my children 

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I dealed with a lot
in the past two years
and now 
it's like this WINTER
it's like 
all is done and waiting
to flourish like SPRING 

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it feels like 
I have so much space
inside me now
and I cannot wait
for all that's to come
all the new chances
all the TIME
the peace and the space

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I guess that is 
very new too
to have 
PEACE
OF MIND

working so hard 
for so many years
was 
busy busy busy
always busy

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And
now
I enjoy
having TIME

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I have find out
how important it is
TO BE
in the moment
to feel what's to be felt
and to own that
and than ........
move on 
*
It's an amazing journey
and the light is shining in now
It feels like 
SPRINGCLEANING
my life

and I also
count all my blessing
I can see clearly now
much more
in PEACE
and with great gratitude
how
ALL OF IT
has brought me
where I am
HERE AND NOW

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LOOKING FORWARD
to all that's coming
to me
in the future
and will fit in

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I hope 
you are doing well
on your journey

let's share
and be here
for each-other

You 
are 
in my HEART 
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donderdag 7 februari 2013

white



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as much as I love 
COLOURS

I have never loved
WHITE
more as the past time 

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THE FIRST OF ALL COLORS
IS WHITE
WE SHALL SET DOWN
WHITE
FOR THE REPRESENTATIVE
OF LIGHT,
WITHOUT WHICH 
NO COLOR CAN BE SEEN ;

leonardo da vinci

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wish you 
all
JOY 

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vrijdag 1 februari 2013

colours





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The purest 
and most thoughtful
MINDS
are those
wich
LOVE COLOUR
the most

John Ruskin

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I am a clear-bright-colour fan
absolutely LOVE
bright colours
they always make me
HAPPY
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Hope your weekend
may be colourful

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