zondag 29 april 2012

sunday-afternoon-tea


*
If you are cold
tea will warm you
If you are too heated
it will cool you 
If you are depressed
it will cheer you
If you are excited
it will calm you


Gladstone 1865
*
enjoy your tea !
*

vrijdag 27 april 2012

surprise


*
My neighbour
collects
poststamps
*
he is ill and
bored
having not much to do 
*
My friend Sylvia
is always visiting
jumble-sales
and 
I knew she had
lots of stamps 
*
so
I asked her
if she would/could
send some
to my neighbour 
to cheer him up 
*
and you know what
she send him 
a shoe-box
filled with stamps
by the mail 
*
so he received
a surprising parcel
in the mail !
*
He has been busy
ever since
and telling me time after time
about
this miracle
*
my friend Sylvia wrote
him a postcard 
telling she heard from me 
about him 
*
She was also SO HAPPY
to be able to do
this
*
everybody happy
*
THE END
*

donderdag 26 april 2012

heartbeats


*
I was at the doctor's
*
my heart beats too fast
*
wish it was for a man 
*
always better 
*
now I have to wait
for the results
*
I always hope
things disappear 
*
must be 
very kind
to my heart
*
you do the same !
*

dinsdag 24 april 2012

good advice


*
I love this
*
must 
make
some 
WAVES
today
*
are you
a waving-type ?
*

maandag 23 april 2012

stripes or dots or ....BOTH

.
*
Today
the sun is shining 
and a new week
is waiting
*
Musing
and sipping my coffee
*
monday's musing
is always 
promessing
*
tomorrow
little EVA will be
11 months !
She is doing 
her first steps
her mother or father
holding her
 by the hands
*
Safe and trusting
learning and trying
*
happy 
monday
musing
for all
of YOU
*

zaterdag 21 april 2012


*
We have made it
to the shore !
Elisabeth's chemo's
are
DONE
*
when she was in the hospital
having the last chemo
she received a phonecall
She was the winner
in a game from the Phone-company.
*
She won
a weekend for two
in a bed and breakfast
in Utrecht
and  traintickets
to go to Amersfoort
on Saturday
and overthere
they can use
two Vespa scooters
all day
*
So
when she is feeling better
She has a wonderful
weekend waiting 
*
When she was 
HOME
after the chemo
she went to bed 
to sleep 
*
in the mean time
there was a message spoken
on her voicemail

Her application
for a certificate of urgency
to become a house
has been allot.
So 
within three months
she will have
her own house
*
She was
OVER THE MOON
so happy
and the timing
was 
MIRACULOUS
*
a
 new
 beginning
*
Miracles
happen
*



vrijdag 20 april 2012

heart with gold

 
*
the people
around
you
may have
a heart of gold
but being busy
we do not always
see that
think of it
*
think
GOLD
today
and
you
 will be
 surprised
*
happy
GOLDEN
weekend
to all of you 
*

donderdag 19 april 2012

those days

*
there are days
passing by
and we are 
busy busy busy
and new days
come and go
*
and there are
THOSE DAYS
we never never forget
always remember
*
today I have
a day
I will always remember
*
My Elisabeth
will have her
LAST
chemo
today
*
We celebrate
next week
careful
and humble
still so much
to come
*
but 
the days
will come
and go
and 
I will know
each and every day
how
blessed we are 
with those days
*

dinsdag 17 april 2012

colour your day


*
Why
do two colors
- put one next to the other -
.......SING.......
Can one really
explain this ?

NO

Just as 
one can never learn
how to paint.

Pablo Picasso

*
colors
put next to the other ....sing
I think 
that's sometimes also
with us 
*


maandag 16 april 2012


*
The best
and most
beautiful
things
in the world
cannot be seen
or even
 touched
............
They
must be
felt
with
THE
 HEART 

*
wish you all
some very beautiful things
to be felt !
*


vrijdag 13 april 2012

don't forget to be surprised


*
forgetmenots
the name !
the color !
and 
did you take 
a close look ?
those little stars 
inside
are surprises too  !
*
I love to pick some
and some pansies
and than 
a very smal 
something
to put them in 
and than 
SURPRISE
put them
 somewhere
on a desk
or on the conference-table  !
*
Hope you will be
surprised today
by something 
*

donderdag 12 april 2012

beauty..........ful..........


*
forgetmenots
I LOVE THEM
they always make me
so happy .
*
Happy days
I wish you all
*

























woensdag 11 april 2012


*
When
I
loved myself
enough
I began 
to feel
a divine presence
in me 
and hear
its guidance.
I am learning
to trust
this
and live from it 
Kim McMillen

*
Maybe
I'm oldfashioned
but
Loving YOURSELF ? ? ?
always 
far too busy
taking care
and doing the best I could .....
*
I learned
about
loving yourself
from my
ELISABETH
she has always had that
and said that 
I LOVE MYSELF 
AND I LOVE MY LIFE 
hearing that
I always thought
............OH MY.........
she does NOT have that
from me !
*
only since 
the last year
I am learning
trying to understand
how it works 
*
now
I found this book
called
WHEN I LOVED
MYSELF
ENOUGH
and
I love
being inspired
by a book 
*
What book
is your latest inspiration
and why ?
*
I love to know !
*

dinsdag 10 april 2012

all together


*
WE
were
together
celebrating
easter
*
those 
days
make a
beautiful
line
of 
family-memories
together
*
now
I have
two
wonderful
daughters
and
two
daughters-in-law
two wonderful sons
*
and this year
our 
most important
person
was
little EVA 
10 months old
*
and
of course
ELISABETH
*
being together
is 
precious
*

zaterdag 7 april 2012

just be ................


*
everything
should be
as

 SIMPLE

as it is
but
not simpler

Albert Einstein

*
HAPPY
EASTER
to you
and 
make sure
there's time
to ENJOY
being
where you are
and
with who you are

*





dinsdag 3 april 2012

in my dreams

*
Now
Spring is 
all around
and I am having
my coffee 
outside
more and more
MUSING
is what I love to do
*
and I love to think
we would be 
sitting here
all together 
just
enjoying
the happinessssss
of 
finally 
meeting
 eachother
*
keep
 up
 the
 dreams 
*

zondag 1 april 2012

flowers


*
Always
feels good
when my
vases are filled
with flowers.
*
wish you all 
a week
with beautiful flowers
*

donderdag 29 maart 2012

sprinkle stardust

*
A mother
is a person
who
seeing there are only
four pieces of pie
for five people
promptly
announces
she never did care
for pie
*
Nobody
can do
for little children
what
grandparents do
Grandparents
sort of
sprinkle stardust
over
the lives
of
little children
*
Grandma always
made you feel
she had been waiting
to see just you
all day
and now
the day
was
complete
*
Perfect love
sometimes
does not come
until
the first grandchild

welsh proverb
*
Being
a mother
of
FOUR
who are
grown-ups
and
a grandmother
of little
EVA
10 months now
is
quite an
experience
*
today
my Elisabeth
28 years young
is having her
FIFTH
chemo
because she was diagnosed
with breastcancer
in november 2011.
Five chemo's allready
and
ONLY ONE TO GO
after this .
*
She is so brave
and doing the best she can
having one breast and
no hair ......
*
You would think
when this happens
a mother is going to take care
like when children were little.
*
No such thing
My daugther is 28
and wants to live her own life
and seeing
how difficult it all is
for her mother
is
not what helps
*
I had this
kind of romantic idea
of being a sort of
Florence Nightingale
and cuddle her
as much as I could .
*
She wanted needed space
and I saw
she found her way
in all of this
*
She is still
the bright and sparkling
Elisabeth
and
I
can be her mother
and cuddle
and admire
her courage !
*
lets think
of mothers
and grandmothers
and
live and love life
as it is
SURPRISINGLY
WONDERFUL
*



vrijdag 23 maart 2012

to be sure

*
I am so so happy
SPRING
is in the air.
*
brings new energy
and
all kinds of surprises !
*
Weekend
is almost here too
*
Wish you all
SPRING
and LOTS OF SUNSHINE
and some
SURPRISES
of course
as I was
surprised
by
NEW FOLLOWERS
welcome
to all of you
*
*

woensdag 21 maart 2012

gardening


*
My
garden
is
full
of
surprises
*
I never have a plan
I do whatever seems right
I find things
and make something
out of nothing
*
that's what I like the most
making something new
from something old.
*
Give old stuf a new life
and
the birds love that too
They always find their way
to MY garden .
They are always
happy
messing around
in my garden
*
I always have
a lot of
teeming little insects
hidden everywhere
*
They live in my garden !
We happy live together .
*
Wish you
happy gardening too
*