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How We Spent Our 30th Wedding Anniversary
It’s been 30 years and it was time to celebrate in a little more lavish style than we have done in the past. I knew that in order to do this, luring Mike with the promise of golf was the … Continue reading
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Tagged Arabella country estate, happy marriage, Making marriage work
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The Difference Between Me at 21 and at 51
What a difference 30 years makes. I think if I have to look back at myself 30 years ago when I was about to marry Mike, the one glaring difference is the amount of confidence I had in myself. At … Continue reading
A Lesson In Trust
Funny that yesterday when I wrote about not trusting somebody any more, I should pick up a book written by Philip Yancey and read a lesson in trust. He actually heads this part of the chapter A Nature Lesson. Some … Continue reading
Benefits of Father’s Day
There are certainly benefits of Father’s Day for Mothers. With a cold front of note sweeping across the Cape, it was not difficult to pamper Mike and enjoy the benefits thereof. While Mike stayed under the blankets, I nipped out … Continue reading
Cape Town – South Africa’s Most Congested City
It does not surprise me. With the wonderful mountains surrounding the city, panoramic sea views and 3.75 million people to accommodate in between, it is not unexpected that Cape Town is South Africa’s most congested city. I witness it first … Continue reading
BMI 27 – The New Normal
Over the last few years we have discovered that not everything the medical world has been telling us has been accurate. The traditional food triangle has absolutely been kicked out of the heart-friendly family. Fat and her once evil step sister … Continue reading
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Influencing Your Future
I’ve made a number of mistakes in my life, but fortunately, by God’s grace, none of them have ruined my future. Day by day, there are things that we do or say or write that could influence our future badly. I … Continue reading
Mike’s Afternoon Garden Project
The other day I bought 4 large fibre cement pots second hand. They were a good deal, usually selling for about R450 each, I got them for R120 each. Today Mike decided to put something in them, so off we … Continue reading
Special Coffee Corner in Hout Bay
Today, we discovered an unexpected coffee corner in Hout Bay. The Hout Bay Coffee shop and roastery. Julian and I took a late morning drive from Fish Hoek towards Simon’s Town. With no particular destination in mind, we turned up … Continue reading
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Tagged Hout Bay, Hout Bay Coffee, Hout Bay Roastery, Surrender
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Calamities and Distresses
Calamities and distresses come to all of us. At times we get ourselves into all sorts of trouble while other times completely out of our control calamities arise and distresses of all types follow. I don’t think there is a … Continue reading
Lost in Plain Sight
This is something I say quite often when I’m on the golf course. Caddying for Mike, I spend time following his little yellow golf ball. I need to watch it fly off his club and follow its trajectory to where … Continue reading
No Blog Day
On the odd occasion I will afford myself the right to have a ‘no blog day.’ Today is it. Ecclessiastes 3:7 …a time to be silent Til tomorrow then! These are the days! Keep the smile going! God bless you! … Continue reading
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My First Sunday In Cape Town – Part 1
My first Sunday in Cape Town I will never forget. My nursing career began on Saturday 1st January 1983, but we were given the 2nd January off. For several years, while in Zimbabwe, I had heard about St. James Church … Continue reading
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Being At Peace With Everyone
Coming from Zimbabwe, one of the things that happened was the mass exodus of people from that country. They moved to all corners of the world – many came to South Africa. Friendships were fractured, families separated and relationships that … Continue reading