Storms coming!!

Cool breezes stir

Lifting the moist heavy air and providing relief

to the weary sticky populace

Skies threaten

Skies darken

Clouds gather

The air smells fresher

The flies bite, anxious about what is to come

Anticipation builds

When will it break?

Lighting plays in the sky

Jagged lines of energy, streaking a dark canvas

Thunder grumbles, rumbles, growls

Longing to be given full voice

Free rein to let loose with awesome power

How much power is in a storm?

Power to astonish,

amaze,

harm,

even renew.

Kleine Vanderdeen

What are little boys made of?

Frogs and snails and puppy dog tails.

What are little girls made of?

Sugar and spice and everything nice.

Hmm... not sure i believe all that mumbo jumbo! These are a few pics of my nephew or niece a growin' away in his/her mom's tummy!! I am so looking forward to meeting this little person

Wondering who he or she is. Will they like peanut butter (a family trait), funny rocks, cool clouds, reading books of any type or sort, going camping, hanging out together?

I can't wait to cuddle with this little one and make sure that he or she (i wish there was a better way to write that) knows that there is so much love surrounding him or her.

Praise God that He creates new life and nurtures it in the mother's womb, He weaves us together and makes us who we are in the secret places!!

5:26 AM

At precisely 5:26 am... here i sit in my chair. I am struggling to stay awake and avoid falling off said chair which would indeed cause a loud clunk as my head hits the filing cabinet and my feet fly up and hit the keyboard holder thingy and a major disaster ensues. So what can i possibly write about at this time of the morning. Most of the world is still asleep at this time... i know i sure would be if i didn't have to be here... hmm... 8 am, 9 am, even 10 would be a more appropriate time to be greeting the day. That all said, it is still nice to walk out of here when the 7:00 bell hits and know that i get to go to bed whilst the rest of you have to spend the day toiling and labouring. I will think of you all when my tired, fuzzy head hits the pillow and remains there for the next 9 or so hours... oh how i love sleep!! And in that sleep, what dreams may come?? Dreams i dream are crazy - about wars and places i've been, people chasing me and me working crazy shifts at the hospital or all manner of strange things. But the sad thing i always think is that i never seem to dream the classic dream of waking up just before you hit the bottom of a long fall, or my teeth falling out or crazy things like that. Just once i'd like to experience it so that i can identify with others... maybe if i sit long enough here, the dream bugs will spread their fairy dust on me and cause me to dream so crazy and deep that i'll never want to do that again. Okay, that's enough sleepy headed rambling for now...
Sleep well, domi bien, dovidzenya, slaap lekker and all such other epithets that maybe be appropriate at this time!!!

Lost and found

Lost and lonelyHe leads me by quiet waters
He restores my soul

I am put to wondering about our Creator.

How great He is to have made such wildness

Such beauty and contrast

And i think about life too

How we face beauty but also ugliness

Ugliness spawned by sin and evil

By an invasion into the world

By one who doesn't seek our good

But how we are protected and surrounded by a God

A Father, a Saviour

What an awesome knowledge

What amazing grace

That we are pulled out of our contrasting state of lostness

And are found with the Almighty

That he chose and redeemed us

That He set us apart to be His own

That we are called His Children!!!

That He loves us

He loves me.

Love

A little Whine

Hmm... it's sure been a long hiatus from writing. Argh, over a month. I apologize to anyone who reads this at all for the lack of originality and freshness in this page. My thoughts have grown stale in my head and have left me dry and longing for some rain to refresh my head... just like the grass outside which when you walk on it, hurts your feet and makes you need to wear shoes everywhere - i haven't built up any sorts of summer callouses as a result. I also am fast losing my tan which has faded away to nothing...

I am going to say it here... cause of a lack of a better place to say it... that i am lazy!!! I have been back from our trip to Europe for over a month and a bit now and i still can't seem to get back into the groove of life that existed before i left. It's like that groove has been filled in by time and now i have to dig it out again and i don't seem to have the stamina or willpower to do it. I have been a disappointment to myself as the queen of lack of motivation. Help!!! I so need a great big kick in the pants to make sure i keep going and doing what i'm supposed to do. I am so whining right now so i'd better stop...

I have exercises from my physiotherapist to do and i can't even seem to get them done and they're for my own good - just like exercise in general or healthy eating(what's that??) Okay, i'm done for now!!!