I am making this too hard for myself. Setting expectations too high With the result that I have not been writing my blogs. I’m going to try something different 😊 A few years ago, when “working on my mental health” a friend suggested taking a photo each day of something…
Roller Coaster
In a previous episode of KathsPath, I mentioned that I had become good at “hiding” and I have been learning to recognise when I’m doing that. Well, I’ve been “hiding” in the last couple of weeks. I realise that healing is a Roller Coaster and I am on that ride….
A “Worst Day of My Life”
One of the worst days of my life was when I realised that my Daddy had lung cancer. Because I knew that he was going to die. And he wasn’t supposed to die yet. He was supposed to live another 20 years. Skin cancer was the beast that caused his…
My Garden, My Life
My garden Overgrown and messy Like my life Confusion No order No productiveness Scattered Not getting the best of my time, my efforts, my money. Tangled Weary Overgrown Out of control Overwhelmed Where to start? Hide! Just hide! I wrote these words in early 2018 when my daughter,…
Temperature Blanket
One week into retirement, my sister told me about a temperature quilt she was sewing. (What a lot of work!) I thought, “Oh! I can do that with crotchet.” After some Google-ing, I chose the pattern I would use for my Retirement Temperature Blanket. Rather than starting on January 1st,…
The Letterbox (part two)
The Letterbox (Part 2) I had a realisation… My friend was visiting, and I was telling her about my Letterbox Trigger (last post.) Checking my phone frequently to see if my Esther had posted anything had reminded me of how I used to check my letterbox every day hoping for…
The Letterbox (part one)
The path to the letterbox was worn. Every day, sometimes multiple times, I would walk to the letterbox hoping to find a letter from my Mum and Dad. I had known that Mum wrote every week but the postal system in Central Africa was not entirely dependable, and letters could…
New Beginnings
Sometimes New Beginnings are thrust upon us, and we have no choice. Sometimes New Beginnings take courage – stepping out into the unknown. Sometimes we choose New Beginnings. Today I choose This New Beginning. It is a bit scary, and I feel slightly overwhelmed by what I need to learn…