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Category Archives: A Thousand Thanks
Lovely Spring Evening
While it has been on the cooler side, it is a lovely spring evening. Sunset earlier was majestic. As darkness falls, I need to ‘talk myself positive.’ When Stacey asked how we are feeling, I said that as night approaches, I feel … Continue reading
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Tagged Encouragement
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A Good Time of Reflection
By the time I get home tonight I will have been away from the tension of living at my home for about 36 hours. It’s been a good time for reflection. One of the phrases that has come to mind … Continue reading
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Tagged Burglary, Crime, Theft
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Durban – no bucket in the shower
I’m sitting in bed, in my summer pajamas in a central Durban hotel. It feels like it should be 9pm. It’s only 6-30pm. I’m drinking black rooibos tea (I never would have ever believed that would be my choice of … Continue reading
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Difficult for me to even say this….
We are being targeted for sure! The spate of break-ins that we have had, have all happened outside of office hours. Woman’s Day, Sunday, Friday 7am and then today. At least today they didn’t get into the house. Today I don’t … Continue reading
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Tagged Burglary, Crime, Jesus is faithful, Sun Valley
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Ten Years
Ten Years since that awful day. It remains the worst day of my life. The day my brother Arnie died. He was 47 and had a massive internal haemorrhage. He died in a Johannesburg Hospital. There was nothing they could … Continue reading
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Tagged Arnold, Coping with death, death
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Trespassers
This morning, after the lovely rain last night, Mike and I put on our old tackies and headed to behind our house to see if our trespasser had passed by. He had. Fresh footprints of the familiar shoe very recently … Continue reading
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Footprints
We are still being watched. Last night we added a massive light to the balcony and had just packed in the for the evening. We left some of the house lights on and came upstairs. Not long after we had … Continue reading
Rollercoaster Continues
My rollercoaster continues. Bear with me while I continue to process the burglary. It is taking longer than I thought. This morning when we woke up (I slept really well last night), Mike and I both felt we were getting … Continue reading
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Tagged Burglary, Kevin Anderson
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Finding Normalcy
I don’t want to call ourselves Fort Knox, but that’s what it feels like since the little crime spree hit our home. We are finding normalcy in a clanging bunch of keys that opens padlocks and dead locks and security … Continue reading
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Tagged Faith in Christ, roadworks, Sun Valley
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Answered Prayer Encouragement
This morning Mike and I did a walk around the back of our house and lo, there were rocks up against the wall where spying individuals had been peaking over the very tall wall. Two small rocks. This must be … Continue reading
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Tagged Answered prayer, Anxiety, Burglary, Encouragement, God is Faithful, Perseverance
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Watching and Being Watched
The carefree van Niekerk days are on hold for the moment. One of the things I haven’t written about regarding our latest spate of burglaries was a strange incident that we picked up on. The thief that brazenly came in … Continue reading
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Tagged Anxiety, Burglary, Coping with Fear, This too will pass
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What They Can & Can’t Steal
So here we go again. That was how I felt yesterday. After the crazy brazen intruder stole our 42 inch TV (not 54 as we thought), it was back to the drawing board in regard to security and it was … Continue reading
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Tagged Burglary, Coping with Fear, Fear knocked at the door
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Burglary Number Three
It is hard for me to write this! TIA. This is Africa, but while we have lived in Sun Valley for 28 years, we haven’t had this level of theft. Three burglaries in a month. The first was 9th August, … Continue reading
Another Burst Water Main
It was not too long ago that we had a burst water main in our neighbourhood. This morning there was another. A massive pipe burst and for two hours precious water ran. If you are on Facebook, you can see … Continue reading
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A Very Good Profitable Day
Today has been busy! It began with an early trip to the local petrol station to get some fuel and a couple of cappuccinos from the Vidae cafe. I then went home and had the coffee with Mike before setting … Continue reading
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