Taking Fun Photos on Vacation…
“C’mon… raise your arm just a bit higher… now point your finger down, no… a bit more to the side… that’s it! Perfect! …now just hold it!” “Dad! … c’mon… take the picture already… this is embarassing!”
Developing Patience
Yesterday I found Romy’s blog post on how patiently her father he had taken care of his mother for a long time until her recent death. She had preferred her other children to him but he was the one who helped her to the last breath. The easiest thing would be to turn your back on her and let […]
Review Of The Year 2016
Dear friends! December 2016 We […]
Holiday at Home
Going out for my running routine is sometimes hard, but I do it anyway. I chose another route just to variate a bit. After two kilometers I saw a lot of ripe raspberries. I paused to pick a few and to document with a picture. My phone then”told” me that the storing was full which meant I can’t take more […]
Helping Hands in Times of Need
If we were having coffee I would tell you that I was reminded of a difficult situation that took place 25 years ago in a time when I was a single mother living in Sweden. (For some background info.) I hope you bear with me that this rescuing story is a winter story. I still prefer a kind of coffee […]
Apology
If we were having coffee I would tell you that I once again take part in a basic blogging course once more using a prompt Apology I want to apologize for….. I drove away to a gym lesson while you my oldest boy, seven years old, ran along the pavement crying. You didn’t want to be left with your father and younger […]
If We Were Having Coffee- A Blogging Event
If we were having coffee I would tell you that a dream has come true. It’s an old dream and to go back to where it started would take you to Copenhagen 1975. As a young student nurse my life had taken a new turn. I shared a flat with another student nurse in the area close […]
Let the scene write itself
Today I was reminded of a task in one of our recurrent online writing courses. Write what you see for twenty minutes when you are visiting a cafe or a similar place. I was waiting for my appointment at my hairdresser. By the way I am so thankful for her skills as she is the second good hairdresser in my […]
What Should You Say to Someone in Crisis?
But before you start, there are a couple of pieces of background to keep in mind. Crisis, like grief, creates different reactions that can fluctuate rapidly or slowly. They can be numbness and disbelief, confusion or inability to make a decision, fear or panic, anger, worry, a sense of loss, hurt, depression before resolution occurs. This will be true whether the crisis is a lost job, lost marriage, wayward child, or grappling with a serious illness or a death.
2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 8,600 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 3 sold-out performances for that many people to see it. Click […]
