A Continuation of Reflections

A poem that reminded me or "us" We two make banquets of the plainest fare In every cup we find the thrill of pleasure... For us life always moves with lilting measure We two, we two, we make our world, our pleasure”   Ella Wheeler Wilcox  I wish I had written this! HC.

We two make banquets of the plainest fare In every cup we find the thrill of pleasure... For us life always moves with lilting measure We two, we two, we make our world, our pleasure”   Ella Wheeler Wilcox

I had a slow start to the day felt very tired and lethargic. My digestive systems are not good at all! I have been trying to ease myself of the tablets I use for IBS--to-day I thought why do I have to be a hero? I took the tablets and felt much better.There is learning there somewhere. I had a long hot bath and washed my hair, and put some clothes on. I felt a lot better but still very tired. I ate some porridge, all I feel like ,that and yogurt. I had an email from Lucy to say she would take us to Oxton on Friday ,and I just cried. I am so grateful for the offer of help, some one reaching out and offering help. Made my day. Small acts of kindness make the world go  round. I found a lovely love poem  ,when I was researching Harmony for tonight. It made me think of John and I. I sent it to him, he was touched! How easy it is to take those closest to us,those that mean the most to us ,for granted.We get wrapped up in all the wrong things some days. Demands of life, fa...

Well blog! I have been too busy to keep up with you, but here I am now. Our visit to Manchester was wonderful,Philip planed such a lovely day and evening  for us, we both enjoyed every minute! David and Lara have been and gone, and that was a very successful visit too.Great to see them both and hear all their exciting news. John is now in London, much recovered from the dentist visit. DV. I have not been feeling too well, shattered really, since John got ill I have had more and more to do. Not just physically, but all the responsibility for everything that goes on with us and around us  ,here and in Spain,all the finances, all the preparations for Christmas New year, dates with family and friends.Chores in the house. Since we got dad's money we lost £300 pm  rent allowance, that is a big loss, and my work is slowing down,counselling is expensive, so people come less ,of course I see people, money or no money.I guess if I wanted to have lots of money I wou...

Hi blog, I am just about to head off the the park for a long walk, I am tired, thank goodness that I do not have so much on this week. I have finished now till Monday evening. I had a brain scan last week to help out the glaucoma study, I was a bit scared to be going for the scan. I was worried I might be fearful in the scanner, but it was not too bad. I was not closed in. I did all the exercises from inside the scanner,it was a lot of concentrating ;I felt shattered after it,I also felt pleased to have made my contribution. Hoping that they do not find any problems there. I ask them if they found anything that could not be helped, not to tell me, but it is outside of their hands, all the results go to Walton Hospital and any problems are sent to my GP. I went ahead anyway, I hope it help folk in the future, It is such a pain not having your full sight, I miss it; and it does affect my enjoyment of reading . I am grateful that they found it when they did though, and  t...

Taking Love for Granted We had all sorts of angels In our jubilee chorus Making up a pack of cards Jostling one another in our old kit bag. Understanding and Supporting And Listening and five more. You chose a match with your eyes Shut and suddenly there was Light. John Lightbody November 11th 2012.

We had a wonderful week off work last week, to celebrate our Silver Wedding. It is strangely  satisfying to have achieved 25 years of marriage,not sure why,it is only numbers ,but it is. We spent a lot of time doing things together which was really good! We saw friends and family too, went to galleries, cinema ,pubs and restaurants. Our apartment was like a flower shop, and we had lots of great cards and gifts. I was a bit overwhelmed by all the attention.I am not really used to being the centre of attention for so long ,a whole week, it was made easier by the fact that it was about the two of us. The Artist's way started on Monday evening,; it was a lovely evening a lovely group, and most people paid the full amount-a bonus. I like Autumn time, courses starting up, clients coming back , and I am really enjoying supervising my counsellors. I heard Matthew Paris on radio the other morning talking about the loss of his father. I was touched by his honesty. He challenged...