zaterdag 29 maart 2014

Quintessential



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serendipity
finding something nice
while looking for something else.

This is happening all the time
since I can walk around 
and start to do things
create
My two new hips 
and I became as close
as possible.
I was in the hospital
for the check-up after 6 weeks
and 
my orthopeed 
NEVER WANTS TO SEE ME !
and 
I may drive again
and ride my bike 
and
live
happy
ever
after

the end / the beginning

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Now my hands are more free too
and so I can start to
make stuf
to create things
the way I used to do
the way I love.
And the ideas are tinkling
and waiting
 I can move around my house
and find my OWN way again

collecting things
I keep finding all kind of things
and they bring so many 
beautiful memories along
They are like wonderful
S U R P R I S E S

showing me what was
and above all
to move on
in my new life
with my new hips

it's okay
more than okay

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zaterdag 22 maart 2014

The darkness can never extinguish it



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The LIGHT
shines
through the darkness
and
the darkness
can
NEVER
extinguish it 

John 1 : 4/5

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Today I received mail
from Canada.
for some-one living in Holland
that's always a  BIG SURPRISE.
blogging has brought me 
amazing friendship 
all over the world !

I love all my blogging friends !

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zondag 16 maart 2014

shining out like gold stitches



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finding my way
through the days
with my new hips 

slowing down
every step needs attention
be in the moment

SPRING
is the right season
for new beginnings

I am enjoying
every new step

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zaterdag 8 maart 2014

something



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the grand
essentials
of
happiness
are :

something-to-do
something-to-love
something-to-hope-for

read this on the blog

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well 
no problem at all
overhere !

happy weekend 
to all of you

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donderdag 6 maart 2014

Just take the first step.....



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I cannot even remember
when it was the last time
I was in the supermarket
but
The day before yesterday
I WAS there 
With my daugther
and I could see and choose 
for myself .

A MIRACLE TO ME .

And yesterday 
I walked outside 
with my fysio
To the end of the street 
and back 

That is my homework
for this week 
Walk outside EACH day .
I have asked some help
for the next days
to friends and neighbours
and every-one
who comes and visit me
TO WALK WITH ME 
that helps me 
because it has also been
so long since I walked outside.

Today I wondered
about my new future
and than I found the quote
from Martin Luther King :

You don't
have to
see the whole
staircase
just take
the first
step

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zondag 2 maart 2014



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This is EVA
my granddaugther 
she is 2 years and 9 months young.

She is the 
SUNSHINE
of my life.

She is a little angel
who guided me
to where I am now.

I have been given
a new chance
a new life .

Three dark lonely years
are behind me now.
My little light in those years 
has been 
sweet sweet EVA.

Being who she is
living her life on her own happy way 
has been my true 
INSPIRATION .

She has been the mean reason
to be brave 
and have the operations .

In the light of SPRING 
listening to the birds 
feeling the sunshine on my face
I feel deep deep deep gratitude
for 
the present life has given me 
finding myself
in all of these experiences 
from the last three years .

I had to learn 
to let go of my children
and I had to let go
my amazing job
as a kindergarten teacher
and I had to look at my life
as a single mom of four 
with a fulltime job .
and there was the part I never excepted
My husband leaving me
and our four children
and that was that.
My way of surviving was
go on and put the grieve far away .

Why mention it now ....still
after all those years .

Because 
I am FREE now.
My two new hips
gave me new BALANCE
and a strong support
to stand on my 
own feet 

and 
my little EVA
is all in one

I can look at her 
as a grandmother
from my own years
as a mother ,
I can look at her 
from all my years as a teacher
and I feel so blessed 
with all of that .
She shows me how wonderful
my children are doing.
They are strong people
and EVA brings us all together 
in a whole new family-way 
filled with LOVE .

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I am back !

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my life now feels like 
the SPRING in the air
so much is waiting to come out
to blossom and bloom .

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