Monday, January 31, 2011

too many things to say

i stare at the blank page - so much on the mind, so much i want to say, so much i have to comment about; but all coming to a blank when i have to actually put it into words.

so how about some pictures to tell part of the story..


Saturday, January 29, 2011

Change is a certainty... but what a change!

the last major change in my life was the end of a marriage, right in the middle of  my father's last days, and immediately followed unexpectedly by my brother-in-law the following year.  it wasn't a very pleasant year or two.

now, in the last 18 months, i would say is the second major change in my life... a totally unpredictable change from a couple to being on my own, which is not too bad as playing solitaire can be quite serene at times, to my daughter uprooting herself to the other end of the world.

when we were young, we always have this rosy picture that we would get married, have kids, watch them grow and get married,  have marvellous bonding and lots of visits among the grown children, and the two old folks growing old together.  some of us are blessed with that of course and sail through life, but many of us have a more exciting roller coaster ride - filled with adrenalin rushes, challenging times and emotions, drastic highs and lows....

i wonder what will happen round the corner... but as they say, we take one day at a time..

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Satiation

It was a satiating time, alas short, where us girls had our time at Fraser's.  Smokehouse reminds us so much of UK, and good times.

I wonder how many more times we can do these girly times before family, babies, husbands will have their say.

there are some people in our lives whom we prefer to forget, some periods of our lives we prefer to wipe out, some mistakes we have made we prefer to have not.....  but one thing i will never trade - it's being mother to these two girls, and being part of their lives.... now it's time to share them with others, c'est la vie.

Elle and I took a short drive to Templer Park today - 20 mins and we were there, and nice greens along the way making it a pleasant drive too.  templer park is certainly scenic and peaceful, and seems to be the sleepy hollow now, with golf courses and large trees with branches meeting each other across the road to canopise and offer such beautiful landscape.

a short respite from the grind of work...