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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I like the sound of 2017.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I like my age .... 66 now.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I am used being retired</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and I love being at home.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Always have .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The house is mine and all the time </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I have so many plans </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">in my head ................</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and none of them done </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I had to make a plan</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I do have my own room upstairs </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">with a very large "desk"</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and room for all my things .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Its what I have dreamed of </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">all the years when the house</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I had been used to have </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">"my own space " everywhere .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Always where the children were .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Now having a whole room </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">for myself was new.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">At first I started collecting everything </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">so far so good </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">but ever since it has become</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">more a storage than a work-room .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I admire the ones who know what they want .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Chaos in my head .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Every day I think TOMORROW it will be okay.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">well it's not .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I did something realy fun</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I ordered wine-boxes , wooden .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The ones for one bottle .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I have a dream</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">to put them on my desk next to each other</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">for where its made for .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and also to put an end to my always </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">do you have a wish for 2017 ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">of that I now am certain .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">so I am now driving my very own</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">ROUTE 66.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I cannot help it but it feels very MERRY .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">in dutch the word is </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">For many many years I have had the pleasure</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and as a teacher ( at school )</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Both bringing so much more to having a birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I do love the time towards the day .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The little secrets </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and at THE DAY </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I love the surprises </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">the things I did not expect .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Once when I was a kindergartenteacher</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">so that saterday when the mailman came along </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Not only for the mail </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">but the idea</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">so much has changed</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I now live on my own</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">How was this birthday going to be ?</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">well very well </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and another autumn arrived.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">It's been a while since I was here.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">It's never because I do not want </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">For example ..... interior-design</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I do love to tell and share about </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">This autumn I realise how I have grown </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I still think about it as my new life.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">The life being retired from work </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">( kindergartenteacher at a Waldorf school )</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">While my hands were making colorful beauty</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">My one and only grandchild keeps me busy.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">on a whole new level .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I had to do my best , as a mother and as a teacher.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">That's really a bit sad ....afterwards </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">So..... in this part I had a lot to make up for .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">It is a wonderful way to get to know yourself </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I am still very much a BOOKperson.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I guess I am a process person</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">A while ago I saw a heart-garland </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">it was all about</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I am pretty GOOD in thinking in </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Pinterest is a wonderful place</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">My garden has become a strange place</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and than I decided</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">as I started wishing for </span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">the </span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;">RED </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">wall</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and that worked out very well.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and my granddaugther</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">the best help ever .</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">not only do I hope for a garden</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">COMPLETION too.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Oh I am so over the moon HAPPY</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">On Saterday my son and daugther-in-law</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">R E D wallpaint </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">yes yes yes</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I found the color I would love to buy</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">we went home</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and my daugther came too</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">so we had the room filled with JOY .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">she wanted to come to me</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">of course I was allrigth </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and in painting walls </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">all I had to do is </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I heard music and singing </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and allready loved it </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">my room would love it too !</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I choose a shining wallpaint </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and than THE MOMENT was there</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">tears in my eyes SO BEAUTIFUL </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">I loved it ( still do )</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">And I love my daugther for his </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">SURPRISE </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">my wish </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">R E D </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">is what I am not good at ...</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">and I saw how her life was</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">and all the possibilities she has</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">I had to take my own first step </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: x-large;">make my own plan</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and yet I have called this phase of my life </span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">a powerful feeling inside me to </span></div>
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francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835107228406352170noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297735678072126906.post-73402411099209159402015-08-13T12:54:00.001+02:002015-08-15T08:25:51.848+02:00My own flow<br><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N7lRZCSNTL0/Vcx1KhFs9qI/AAAAAAAAGWg/Y3FllAZrjTM/s640/blogger-image-274506841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-N7lRZCSNTL0/Vcx1KhFs9qI/AAAAAAAAGWg/Y3FllAZrjTM/s640/blogger-image-274506841.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">*</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I used to start my days musing with my first coffee , some writing and than GO .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Because my life was filled with my four children and my job as a kindergarten-teacher .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That was my ME-time .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I loved my very-early-morning bike rides to school when the world was waking up and I seemed to be the only one on the road ..... The rhythm in my biking worked as a creative inspirational process.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thinking about the day to come .....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I was always very early at "work" so I could pick fresh flowers and have coffee and making a warm welcome for the children .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FCn6J2aJK-8/Vcx1O6x94zI/AAAAAAAAGWw/WDCef69nTu8/s640/blogger-image--1084100412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-FCn6J2aJK-8/Vcx1O6x94zI/AAAAAAAAGWw/WDCef69nTu8/s640/blogger-image--1084100412.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not working anymore and no children in my home anymore changed all of that .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now it's August 2015 and after receiving two new hips in 2014 I am working on my come-back 😊</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I have one new "job" and that is being a grandmother .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She is a bundle of joy and has so much love to give for free ❤️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">From the first time I saw her , and my son as a father I entered a whole new world .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VATEhdngCdc/Vcx1CJeEgjI/AAAAAAAAGWA/A_b9bcn-gdA/s640/blogger-image--2147360839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-VATEhdngCdc/Vcx1CJeEgjI/AAAAAAAAGWA/A_b9bcn-gdA/s640/blogger-image--2147360839.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">In my new function as a grandmother all comes together to the MAX .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My experience as a mother and as a teacher in a whole new dimension.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So far so good.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I could have graduate in ADJUSTING with honors </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But I never was very good in taking care of myself . Taking care of others was my first always. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So , being on my own I started to believe I did not take care of myself very well and by adjusting I did not make my own choices in life .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That a sad thought..... How could that be my life ? I could not believe that would be the outcome !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I did not give up and "studied" this new fase and challenge and was determined to not give up on myself .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And than life started to bring me new lessons . At first I did not notice them as lessons . To be honest for a while I was thinking all went wrong !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">That's a whole other way of looking 😊</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And than things started to change .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I began to see "lights" ......</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I had clear moments .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I developed my own kind of therapy </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Knitting , just to see what the colors did next to one another. Just to knit .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dCVWbWKbf6o/Vcx1Sa1cLqI/AAAAAAAAGXA/fA03uTx_wbA/s640/blogger-image-1323383838.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-dCVWbWKbf6o/Vcx1Sa1cLqI/AAAAAAAAGXA/fA03uTx_wbA/s640/blogger-image-1323383838.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And also </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Coloring/drawing </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YLsqZm0H-eo/Vcx2Ly0_ISI/AAAAAAAAGXM/ep32AThe80Q/s640/blogger-image--1201012557.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-YLsqZm0H-eo/Vcx2Ly0_ISI/AAAAAAAAGXM/ep32AThe80Q/s640/blogger-image--1201012557.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IZHFL0ea_Wc/Vcx1QjlecuI/AAAAAAAAGW4/LDP-GP2IOdY/s640/blogger-image-249874649.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IZHFL0ea_Wc/Vcx1QjlecuI/AAAAAAAAGW4/LDP-GP2IOdY/s640/blogger-image-249874649.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Endlessly coloring for harmony and joy </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I draw the forms with gold and than color them .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not for showing but just for me .made my head at peace. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And my third therapy </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Making little garlands from felt-hearts also to be busy with my hands and enjoying the happy colors .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Also just for myself but garlands have to hang free and so I could no longer hide my process . </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D3fZQzsOvj8/Vcx1Gu7XoWI/AAAAAAAAGWQ/DM6uAzeur6g/s640/blogger-image--95727006.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-D3fZQzsOvj8/Vcx1Gu7XoWI/AAAAAAAAGWQ/DM6uAzeur6g/s640/blogger-image--95727006.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Doing all of that the thoughts in my head and the memories found new ways to bring peace in my mind .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I was so used to keep much for myself because I had to do it myself as a single mother of four and than the walls started to crumble and I had to learn to involve others in my process. I had to learn to ask for help and accept help .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7qlOQDSSgBM/Vcx1EkJ8IXI/AAAAAAAAGWI/YtaDsnVY_wo/s640/blogger-image-731307125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-7qlOQDSSgBM/Vcx1EkJ8IXI/AAAAAAAAGWI/YtaDsnVY_wo/s640/blogger-image-731307125.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>I send some garlands all over the world to blog friends </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">(If you would like to have one I gladly send you one or as many as you like 😂)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My life as a mother</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y0E5krV5EaY/Vcx08upK68I/AAAAAAAAGV4/peB4TXkkU8E/s640/blogger-image--968506279.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-y0E5krV5EaY/Vcx08upK68I/AAAAAAAAGV4/peB4TXkkU8E/s640/blogger-image--968506279.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">My dream was happily ever married </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">It changed when he left us </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And I had to be so much braver than I ever imagined </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ritdwwW_C5o/Vcx1Iq4S4bI/AAAAAAAAGWY/0HgxmDe7ZHQ/s640/blogger-image--721643864.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ritdwwW_C5o/Vcx1Iq4S4bI/AAAAAAAAGWY/0HgxmDe7ZHQ/s640/blogger-image--721643864.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">To make the best of it .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There was not always time to be in the present .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">There was so much to do and to worry about . I have spend endless time on worrying.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And now that's changing/changed too .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">No more worries but </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">JOY and happiness in my life </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2Zwd6tbvX2E/Vcx3TciDNHI/AAAAAAAAGXU/j7qLvJq--Lw/s640/blogger-image-375486187.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2Zwd6tbvX2E/Vcx3TciDNHI/AAAAAAAAGXU/j7qLvJq--Lw/s640/blogger-image-375486187.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div></div>And thanks to my newest way of blogging on my IPhone I can finally add my own pictures in my text .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am slowly getting there </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2klgpjbyGaM/Vcx1M7MTUDI/AAAAAAAAGWo/ph7onbsVGuU/s640/blogger-image-315550803.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-2klgpjbyGaM/Vcx1M7MTUDI/AAAAAAAAGWo/ph7onbsVGuU/s640/blogger-image-315550803.jpg"></a></div><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Being the grandmother of Eva makes my life such a joy ❤️</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy blogging to all of you </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><br></div><br></div>francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835107228406352170noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297735678072126906.post-52860701645724187312015-08-05T15:06:00.001+02:002015-08-05T15:11:56.792+02:00🎏 chaos 🎏<div>
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<span style="color: red;">when I was a mom of four with a full time teaching job ..... But that has changed.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Oddly enough I seem to have lost control.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">My children may not live in my home anymore they for sure are still in my life and a part of my life . That's the good thing of course .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">However in my head that causes to much when they want me to come along and share their real life .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I already mentioned I am a stay-at-home person loving to hear the stories .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Aha ..... This is how I am who I am .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I can choose now , for my own , how to fill my life .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I was so used to take care of others .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">This new "job" is the most important one of all . In the others I succeeded if I may say so .</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">For a while I assumed being a grandmother was my new challenge </span></div>
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francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835107228406352170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297735678072126906.post-3646607707550343102015-07-21T11:58:00.001+02:002015-07-21T11:58:46.951+02:00Happy garland part two<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-byuPMiFwiIQ/Va4XzvIsi5I/AAAAAAAAGVA/_ukGkVhiovk/s640/blogger-image-742257244.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-byuPMiFwiIQ/Va4XzvIsi5I/AAAAAAAAGVA/_ukGkVhiovk/s640/blogger-image-742257244.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Today I asked my friend who once helped me to start blogging advice because my laptop is not working anymore and blogging on my iPad is not working for me ..... </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She simply asked : " and on your iPhone ?" </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">And I was flabbergasted because why did not I think of that myself ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">So I went to the AppStore and now this is my first attempt.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Already I could easily find my own pictures and use them .</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hallelujah 😊</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Now I am to find out soon what it will look like .....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Because overhere I did not find (yet) how to choose letter type and sidebar </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">But I am already so happy I found this </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Thanks to my sweet friend Saskia again </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">She no longer blogs but is very active on Facebook Instagram !</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">I am a bit more old-fashioned. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Hopefully this iPhone blogging will bring me further </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n769MHuNWd0/Va4X1V3WQJI/AAAAAAAAGVI/vqrnr5tQkX4/s640/blogger-image-1585094418.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n769MHuNWd0/Va4X1V3WQJI/AAAAAAAAGVI/vqrnr5tQkX4/s640/blogger-image-1585094418.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Testing to place pictures</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Please let me know how it looks </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Happy week to all of you </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">🎏🌺🎏🌺🎏🌺🎏🌺🎏</div><br></div>francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02835107228406352170noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3297735678072126906.post-13807967128471456252015-07-14T14:05:00.001+02:002015-07-14T14:05:29.731+02:00🎏 happy garland 🎏<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: red; font-size: large;">and every action takes forever</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">today</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I found the beautiful blue incense box</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">It was a birthday present </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">from my friend Astrid</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">years ago</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I love the blue colors mixed with</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">It also remembered me of </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">the time I was a BLUE girl.</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">My bedroom was all blue .</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">The Laura Ashley curtains were blue.....</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and somewhere on the way</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I started to love RED .</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">My wall in my bedroom became RED </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and more and more </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">the blue made place for RED .</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">sometimes </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and by finding </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">a magical thing happens</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">MEMORIES come along .....</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">That is a wonderful thing </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">because I am still adjusting</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">to my new life</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">retired</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">kids all on their own</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and my dear companions</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">MY TWO NEW HIPS</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">finding out who I am </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">in this new life </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">finding out where I stand</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">which is a whole new experience </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">with my new hips.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">being able to walk again </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">leaving the past behind</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Balancing </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">the old and the new</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">the past and the future </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">I feel new</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">It is </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">coming after winter .</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">All was gone </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and still very much alive </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">hiding in the deep and the dark </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and than</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">days are longer</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">more sunshine helps nature</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">to find her way back </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">into the gardens .</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and we all are longing to go outside</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">after a long cold winter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">well that is pretty much </span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">and I feel like nature herself </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">all that was gone </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">wants to start allover </span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">with all the good from the past</span><br />
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