the love of my life..

 

unconditional

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

♥

Kersfees en Familie en Lering

 

Kersfees

gesels

Nabyfees

 

 

Lig en Lewe

♥

 

Mpumalanga en donderstorms

hitte

groen vallei

Olifants Rivier

 

liefde

pap + wors

omgee

donderweer

 

 

tiptol - voëltjies

likkewaan

helder maan

♥

 

doop Do0P D00p dOOp

Doop.

Klein Jan- Andries du Toit

Gedoop in NG Kerk Kenridge.

 

Die water van lewe

sprinkel

dompel

 

 

doop-belofte

bekragtig

♥

 

 

Alle sterkte en toewyding aan

Adri en Jan- Andries kom

kleinding groot te maak

sodat hy in Jesus se voetspore kan loop.

♥

 

 

 

what a wonderful experience...

I really enjoyed looking after Luca... 

he is so gentle and self sufficient...

 there really is no "looking after".

♥

he made the best scrambled eggs this morning!

I could warm up the idea of children.... a baby next year perhaps?

mom says it is hard work to get them to age 11....

but it appears to be totally worth it!

Dinsdag- Familie- Louw terugblik.....

family: forever

dreams: do it

cake: eat it

Stormagtige Saterdag en ... 'n Spa !

ek hou van kontras.

storm wind en snoesige komberse

grys buite en spa- warmte binne..

alluvia Dag spa...

weelde wat wag.

koue ongenaakte wind buite ; teenoor warm vriendskap 

gevorm in "Shoeless Joe's" (London) in Feb 2002,

koffie'tjie by Inge Grobbelaar en klein-Nina.

En laaste kontras: paashaas en winkels

teenoor ware waarde.

value.

die naweek herinner ons dat:

Life is more than stuff.

tarra!

m

5 Louws

5 Louws
seën

hartseer

Hartseer
jys nie meer
nie meer lag of vlees
nie meer honger of alleen
nie meer asem
nie

m

Mother

Powerful piece by Iyanla Vanzant.


Now I firstly (and eagerly) want to draw context here.... my mother was married for 5 years to my father, before they decided to start a family.
Tick stable home environment, Tick non-shotgun-wedding, Tick good birth control
I was the first of three girls. She started in 1980, then repeated the process in 1983 and again, for the third and final time, in 1987. She is a social worker and answered her calling from a young age: caring for people. Having a deep empathy and compassion for and with people. She does not judge, she does not harm, she is a carer in the deepest sense. and yet,
the earth, being the broken and fragmented temporary home it is,
brings with it: hurts, disappointment, tired parents, stressed parents, happy parents and non-ice-cream purchasing-parents..... in other words: it is life!

and this piece is powerful in so many ways. Enjoy.

"Forgive your mother for the many, many times she was not the mother you wanted her to be. Forgive her for the times she did not do things the way you needed them done.

Forgive your mother for not protecting you or speaking out in your behalf. Forgive her for not guiding you in the right direction and for the times she totally lost her direction, dragging you along with her.
Forgive her not because you are excusing whatever she did or however it affected you.
Forgive your mother because holding judgments against her has a devastating impact on your soul.

The judgments you hold will eventually break your heart. Forgive your mother because the truth is, she did the best she could whether you would like to believe it or not.

You may have been harboring judgments or negative opinions about your mother and the way she did or did not mother you. Release and Forgive. "

and with this.... we also rejoice along with all the new mothers....
Sascha and Martin Dainton who received little (2.57kg) Michael in their care.
wonderful circle of life.

Women's Day 2011

Blanche and I woke up at 6.30am to get ready for our "support-mission" geared at
own youngest sibling's first race in Stellenbosch.
TotalSport Womens' Day run.

here are some pics.


the winning-wave!

happy to be finished: Maggie and Phillippa



well done Maggie: you make us proud.
You are a star and a legend.
xx

family

I believe in all that has never yet been spoken.
I want to free what waits within me
...
(taken from a R Rilke poem)



A cute pic of me and Fran.

Fran, Blanche, Maggie, Adri, Jan,
Annemie, Charl, me and Chris will be getting together in Paarl tomorrow.

and an awesome pic of some of the ones who got us here....

to happiness, good laughs, fish & chips, good movies and family togetherness...
I'm going to watch "The Waitress" now.
ciao. M