just BE

*

I am so happy

to be here again

my laptop was out of order

and IS now 

repared 

Missing something

makes you realise

how important it was .

For me 

to have to miss

blogging

was 

ENLIGHTENING

sometimes 

we take things for granted

I DID

and I discovered 

how important it was and is 

to me .

and also 

it was/is time

to choose

to choose

after two years of blogging

HOW

I want to be as a blogger

what I choose to share 

I admire 

the blogs

who are vey personal

with words from that person

I sometimes

choose to be safe

and took 

a wonderful quote

from a famous person

and a beautiful picture

from Pinterest

and 

?

nice but .........

why doing that 

I could have been

just a reader

with other blogs

and enjoy them

and leave comments 

but I did not

I so much wanted to be

a blogger 

and 

I was ......

sometimes

I tried to be personal

that's more difficult

in a language

in which I am not used 

to express myself

Impossible sometimes

SO

picking quotes

was a way to express

what I could not say

myself

I love 

the combination 

of beautiful words

going along with

a beautiful picture

Long ago 

I found out

there are people

who are artists themselves

and there are the ones

that know to appreciate the art !

and love to share 

help to share !

I am with the last category

so 

her I go again 

*

exhilarating

*

Sunshine

is delicious

Rain

is refreshing

Wind

braces us up

Snow

is exhilarating

there is really 

no such thing

as bad weather

only

different kinds

of good weather

John Ruskin

*

We have snow

all is beautiful white

I sat on my couche

little Eva on my lap

we watched

the snowflakes

we did not say a word

Magical

*

INVISIBLE

*
Make friends
with the ANGELS
who
though invisible
are always with you

Often invoke them
praise them
and be aware
they can help
and assistance
in all your temporal
and spiritual affairs

Saint FRANCIS de Sales
photo by Berta Drost

*
Since our friend
Peter
got new longs
this week
we are praying for him
all the time

the words above
about the angels
being invissable
well
there are so many ANGELS
who are vissable
amongst us 

all the doctors and nurses
and also
there WAS a human-being
who signed a donor-codicil

there is a family
who lost a dear-one
and 
now 
our friend has been given
a new start
*
so
all the angels
all around us
deserve
to be recognised

they are all around

*

Miracles happen

*

I cannot stand

when I am having

a hard time

and do not seem

to overcome

and get over it

Yesterday 

and the day before

I was SO not being

my calm self

I was restless

and all the time

thinking about a very dear friend

He was not feeling well

and he already is 

very fragile

He is on the waitinglist

to become new longs

and

you can imagen how bad it has to be

to even get on that list .

always in and out the hospital

and handing in more and more

He was such an 

ENJOYING life type

and had to adjust

more and more and more

AND THAN

my friend Astrid ( his wife )

send me an sms

We are in the hospital

and

HE HAS NEW LONGS

I was over the moon 

This was what he had been waiting for

and how WONDER-FUL

this is possible

so now

we all pray for him

and HOPE

for his new beginning

to be WONDERFUL

* 

*

I know

it's january

and there's a lot of 

WINTER

yet to come

but

I need grape hyacinth's

just because of that

beautiful HOPE

to know Spring will come

I know .....first more winter ...

I know

*

LOVE LIFE

*

FEAR

 and

 FAITH

have something

in common 

They both 

ask us

to

BELIEVE

in something 

we cannot see

Joel Osteen

*

Before me

not only

like for all of you

the new year

but

also

a new future

*

after two years

not been able to work

as a kindergarten-teacher

anymore

because of a worn-out back

many visits to 

doctors specialists

many medical examinations

scan's 

and above all

lots of painkillers

there is only 

one solution

NO SOLUTION

live with it

No more working

for me

*

It's official now

*

Since I already

am at home for almost 

two years now

I already worked out

lots of feelings

MISSING

MOURNING

but

even more

dispite the never ending pain

COUNT MY BLESSINGS

as there are

my children 

and my grand-daugther 

*

so

here's

to a wonderful new year

to come

for all of us

FAITH

above 

FEAR

Love Life

*

HOPE

*

I hope

you are 

having

a good time

these december-days

before Christmas

writing christmas-cards

thinking of your friends and family

decorating your house

enjoying candlelight and music

and your TREE

and wintertea

and shopping

and 

also enjoying 

all the cards

mister postman

will bring you

from all over the world

*

The sun and the moon ......

*
The sun and the moon sets,
but they're not gone.
Death is a coming together.
*
Death
is both 
dramatic and sutle.
Over time , the parting of a loved one
becomes less harsh as slowly and gently
a continued bond is reveled.
As I open my heart to the promtings
and guidance of those I love
who have passed from the physical sphere,
I am alert to the contact 
which comes to me in many forms
as memory , as intuition and coincidence.
Rather than bitterly close my heart,
I allow myself to maintain a gentle
but alert intention to the touch of Spirit.
I remind myself that life begets life
and those I love live on 
in my loving memory of them.
I also allow for the possibility that
my memory lives on in them
triggering their concerned contact
in subtle forms.

From the book
PRAYERS TO THE GREAT CREATOR
by Julia Cameron 

*
Maybe
it is everything together
the lost of my sister
the time of year 
the early darkness in the afternoon
the candle-lights
but
I am very much
on my own these days
musing lots of musing

Of course I am sad about the lost
but there is so much more to it
Because life goes on 
and is even more precious
than it already was to me.
A true gift 
each and every day

*

be warm

*

For

every

BEAUTY

there is an eye

somewhere 

to see it

For 

every 

TRUTH

there is an ear

somewhere

to hear it

For

every

LOVE

there is a heart

somewhere

to receive it

*

so

pay attention

and 

maybe

you will be

surprised

*

happy saterday

*

We make

a living

by what we get

but we make

a life 

by what 

we give

Winston Churchil

*

happy

christmas

preparations

*

family

*

What

can we DO

to promote

world peace ?

Go Home

and 

LOVE

our family

Mother Theresa

*

LIFE

*

LIFE

is an opportunity 

benefit from it

LIFE

is beauty 

admire it

LIFE

is a dream

realize it

LIFE

is a challenge

meet it

LIFE

is a duty

complete it

LIFE

is a game 

play it

LIFE

is a promise

fulfil it

LIFE

is sorrow

overcome it

LIFE

is a song

sing it

LIFE

is a struggle

accept it

LIFE

is a tragedy

confront it

LIFE

is an adventure

dare it

LIFE

is luck

make it

LIFE

is too precious

do not destroy it

LIFE

is

LIFE

fight for it

Mother Teresa

*

She left ........

*

My sister

FLORENTINE

born november 4 

in 1956

passed away

early this morning

november 25

2012

*

born

 on a sunday

passed away

 on a sunday

*

I hope

and pray

she rests 

in peace

*

Arrived

*

The book I ordered

arrived today.

My most favorite

writer Toon Tellegen

now 

translated

in English.

beautiful illustrations

by Jessica Ahlberg

*

I am enjoying

and reading

now 

*

Hope you find

a favorite book

too 

*

simply lovely

*

The greatest
TREASURES
are
those
invisible to the eye
but found by heart 

*

times are changing

*
Only four days ago
I posted
about Else
who lost her 
husband
in a ski-accident
only 40 years young
father of her two boys
who are 
11 and 7 years young

Else was a kindergarten teacher
on waldorf school
before she was a mother
just like me.
I was a teacher
again and
her boys
 were both in my class
so I got to know her
as a loving mother
to her boys
but also 
to my class

She SURPRISED
me often with
self made gifts
Like you can see
on the picture above

She makes
the most beautiful things
and writes about it
 on her blog
She is an inspiration
to lots of dutch bloggers
but also to lots of 
mothers on our school.

and now
she lost
her LIEF 
as she calls him 
on her blog 

What I mean
with
TIMES ARE CHANGING
is
now everyone
is on internet
and follows blogs
and facebook

a whole other way
to communicate
and to SHARE
often the good things
and sometimes
the very sad part  
of life

There are so many
who sympathise
with her
and leave comments
on both her blog and 
facebook

It's all much more
in the open now a days 

We have our lives
with family and friends
but we also share
with our friends
on blogs or facebook

*
and still
it's Else great lost
and her grieve

I cannot help
thinking of her
and her boys
all day

*

little lights

*

there are

TWO

ways

of spreading light

to be

the candle

or the mirror

that reflects it

Edith Warton

*

Let's be

BOTH

*

Imagen

*

I am a dutch "girl"

who loves to write

and

My dream is

to be able to

express myself

in english

 as well as

 in dutch

*

You should see me

strugling 

with my dictionary

feeling desperate 

because

translating is not 

just look up 

the individual words

oh no 

I am waiting for

mister postman

to bring me

the book from

my favorite writer

IN ENGLISH translated !

cannot wait 

*

For Else

*

When I was a teacher

I had both her sons

in my class

The boys are now

7 and 11 years old

Else 

lost her husband
Steven

last monday

he died in the Alps

in a ski-accident.
he was only
 40 years young

I think about them 
all day
The sun is stil shining
everything goes on
but
not for Else
and her boys

*

magic

*

this 

is

me

*

I have a lamp

like this

and

there are

all kind of things

hanging

on golden threads

all beautiful

and given to me

by friends

some personal

some in the mail

that's ME

*

I love creating

MOBILES

I love the movement

I love the light falling on it

from different directions

I love when the sun

 is shining on it

and sometimes

a little sound is made

*

I think

 my secret is

the golden thread

the way the light shines

on it

is magic

*

today I make

a new one 

I am inspired 

*

What is inspiring you

today

?

*