Person of the week: Charmaine Samuels

Charmaine Samuels

 

Hierdie vrou is 'n engel...

Sy is voltyds betrokke by BADISA Wolseley 

(bo: foto is waar sy skenkings uitsorteer) 

xxxxxxx

Haar huis

is 'n plek van veiligheid vir kinders.

Soos die klein Nina 

wat 2 dae oud was en deur plaaswerkers in 'n veld gevind is...

wat nou al amper 4 jaar oud is en by Charmaine woon in pleegsorg.

Charmaine se grootste bekommernis is dat Nina nie Xhosa leer nie..

maar Afrikaans,

en Charmaine wil nie he dat Nina eendag moet "uit voel" 

omdat sy nie haar biologiese ma se taal sal kan praat nie...

Charmaine het kinders en

kleinkinders van haar eie

en hulle woon ook by haar en haar man.

Nederige huisie.

vol liefde

omgee

kleur

begrip.

♥

wat 'n voorbeeld...

van 'n oop hart

gewillige hart

gehoorsame hart.

♥

my pa en sy sê-goed!

Vanoggend hier om die kombuistafel in Wolseley

praat ons 

en pa noem van 'n man 

wat al 'n swaar lewe gelei ( gely?) het...

eensaamheid, drank, etc...

en pa sê: 

"ja- nee, jy kan sien hy het al grondpad gery"

so oulik!

klein kosbaarhede van my dag.xx

Good Friday

and how Good was it not 

for us sinners..

Salvation

Peace

a Bridge

a Means

an Answer.

 

an Outcome 

pleasing to our Father.

a Good Day indeed.

(missing my 2 sisters today)

Easter pain

heavy        wooden        beams
clothing     looted       carelessly
      dusty     road
    noisy      crowd
acute      disappointment
abandoned      friends
   misunderstood
        nails
      blood
      breath
  completion

bagsfull or bagfulls....?

bags full of love,

bags full of resentment,

bags full of promise

bags full of hope

which one will you open

and which one will you hand out...

this Easter?

doors and shutters

♥

doors open

doors close

be graceful about it

never "slam"

♥

let the Light in

yes baby YESSSS !!! motto for your day !! whoop whoop

picture credit: Pinterest

Person of the week: Sarianne Oosthuizen

Sarianne Oosthuizen

This lady has been true to herself... 

and she was graceful in the process...

She lived this beautiful passage:

 

and this graceful brand-manager does mountain -biking,

 trail running and the most tasteful make up artistry!

well done Sarianne.

♥

new morning new day

 

just be quietly aware

 that it is a

 new morning

a new beginning

and a new frontier.

♥

and it is all we have

(photo credit: Pinterest)

you alone

in the end it is you

alone

your journey

your mind

and your cross

to take up

and to find

your "home"

♥

The Common Good

Our Beautiful Lamb

 responded in Love 

and saved the world...

through compassion and His Healing...

and He asks that we respond to Him with common good.

Jesus was found among the broken and marginalised.

♥

How absolutely spot-on is this ministry?

See more on their blog: Living Social Justice

They had an awareness
 "beach writing" event @ Noordhoek beach recently:

see the awesome pic !

TWD = That was Different.

be inspired.

tears and sunshine

...and there will be tears

and hopelessness

and there will be people in your life

that shine so bright,

your heart can't help but smile

and there will be corners

and you'll turn some

You'll learn and

you'll apply

 and you'll grow and smile

and you'll live.

and that will be great.

♥

family festivity photos

1 cousin from London

1 cousin from Paarl ( add baby and husband )

1 cousin from Eastern Cape's wife

1 sister from Cape Town ( add boyfriend )

1 set of parents

1 mom in law

1 braai

1 pool

1 cool Friday evening

=

ton of family-fun

♥

i really think

i really think you are....

Person of the week: Marlene le Roux

This woman is amazing...
she has compassion and vision and such Heart!

This was written on the website:
 I am Woman

When you are different to others’

 how many leaps 

of faith 

do you need to take 

to embrace life fully 

as a mother, 

career woman and activist?

♥ 

When forty something arts development promoter

 and award winning activist Marlene Le Roux 

was just three months old she contracted polio. 

 

A negligent and racist medical system 

during the height of South Africa’s apartheid years

 failed to protect her from what

 in the mid 1960’s was already a 

preventable disease. 

Marlene was just one of many.

 ♥

 Today this outspoken and respected mother, 

wife and career woman shares her leaps of faith and life journey with us, 

describing her challenges as a child, 

her emerging political activism 

and the leaps that she and her husband have had to make as parents to two children, 

one of whom - their son Adam - is also disabled. 

♥

 Marlene shares with us how Adam has transformed her life

 and what it takes to look after herself and Adam, 

 both having lives that will always require

 medical care and attention.

she is an inspiration. 

make time

make time...

 to sit

and fold the blanket of your life 

around you

wrap it 

around you

and see the threads

feel the woven texture

inhale the memories

face it

feel it

live it.

 and then listen to what it is telling you

♥

what if today....

what if today

my name was

Maria Pérez....

 

 

and I sat here

and had an italian coffee

and read

Machiavelli's thoughts on science

♥

music

The notes you play are the notes that get heard

what song are you singing in your heart today?

♥

fragile and tender

life is so beautiful

and feelings so fragile

♥

but the heart is so strong

mistakes

we all make mistakes
some are slow and long drawn out
and some quick and nippy
and some are even unconscious
and some are cruelly deliberate
but there is one thing that should follow:
growth
insight
wisdom

so that you never make that particular mistake
again


maria

dont be satisfied...

 

 

Don't be satisfied with stories...

How things have gone with others...

Unfold your own myth.

 

Rumi

 

 

 

Person of the week: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Jean-Pierre is the director of the film: Amelie

he is self taught. . .  .

and he wins Person of the week:

for helping me remember...

how sweet and how good 

and how pure

love is

and how magical...

since I dont know where the road leads....

♥

a dance

 

life is a dance

a fine tune

lets cherish it

♥

piano poetry

"The World Soul is not just a psychological

or philosophical concept.

It is a living spiritual substance within us

and around us.

Just as the individual soul pervades the whole human being

—our body, thoughts, and feelings—

the nature of the World Soul is that it is present within everything.

♥

 It pervades all of creation,

and is a unifying principle

within the world."

sometimes it is enough

 

just the simple beauty

you deepen my gratitude for life....

gratitude

gentleness

great new experiences

generous heart

♥

the finest

Somebody recently asked me what my commitments were...

and it got me thinking...

I am committed to:

 the finest.

♥

Fine dining

Fine souls

Fine art

Fine music

 because in this life... 

we have a limited time to appreciate each other..

so we must look for it, endorse it, love it.

and so:

I indeed have commitments:

it is to the finest in life

and so naturally, to the finest in human character: 

love and compassion. ♥

but of course

 with certain special people, a coffee @ sidewalk café

or 

grubby- Steers-meal is the finest it gets!

Person of the week: Lizelle Brink

 

She is a modern-mommy-juggler-tightrope-acrobat:

career woman /wife/ friend/ daughter/ sister/ party-starter/mom of 3 boys....

Twins: Sean & Ivan and last-little lamb: Jean.

loves all children and was a place-of-safety 

for a beautiful baby until it was time for him to

move on.

how selfless.

♥ she takes all her dreams & thoughts to the Lord

♥ she seeks the best for her family

♥ she is not afraid to do the hard character work 

to become a true Woman of God.

♥ she fishes with the 4 men in her life

♥ she accompanies their hunting party in Namibia...

♥ she loves life and gives freely of herself.

She wins person of the week for:

 giving me a truthful, unabridged and fresh perspective.

 

crushing realisation....

 

♥

Boschendal-mountains

Children smiling

Creation brings me closer

The mountains sing to me on such mornings

♥

but...if there is no love in a union...

 then God is not there

as He is Love...

How Great is our God.

(you tube link)

i wake up at 5am and I cant breathe..
because of this ...

you bring me

because I totally believe this.