It started very suddenly. The first thing that happened was the blurring of my vision and a slight feeling of sickness. I thought I was just tired but then I remembered that you could get headaches after a general anaesthetic. Last week I had dental surgery and now the anaesthetic was wearing off. So possibly it was just a side effect. Don’t you hate it when you have things to do, and you just can’t do it! And so even putting aside the jobs that I can’t do I feel debilitated to even have a normal prayer time. So, let’s make it not normal! I can go into a dark…

I don’t know how people live without a calendar. I often have so many appointments, meetings, things to do, babysitting, visiting people listed on it that I need more space to write on the page. If I don’t write it down, my memory cannot retain it all and things get missed or forgotten. Of course, there are some things which can be moved, like a doctor’s appointment. But if it has taken 2 months to get in to see this doctor… well I’m not shifting it and the catch up with the girlfriends will have to go. Priorities. That word and what it means designates what I consider doing first,…

My daughter, Melissa, has four girls. The two youngest share a room. They are close in age. They get along well together and often do the same things together. The eldest one, Aubrey, stayed at a friend’s place one night and this made Willow (who is 6) feel a bit lost and lonely going to bed. Mum and Dad put a mattress on the floor of one of her big sister’s rooms so Willow would have company. That night Melissa heard screaming from the other room.  Dad went running. A big spider had crawled onto Willow as she was drifting off to sleep. Her big sisters had seen it too…

Does anything bug you? Let me put it this way – Annoy you like a bug? Now I’m not talking about people as such, but it might be someone’s habit that grates on your nerves. The other day I was driving my husband’s car. It’s bigger than mine and has most buttons in the same places but has its own idiosyncrasies to that particular model. I turned a corner in the road and put on the indicator (flicka, blinker) to indicate that I was turning left. It was a very, very hot day and I had the air conditioner in the car up high, with all the Blowers blowing the…

Most of the year I have so many chores on my list. My list has lists! (Remember I am a list person.) I do this so that I try not to forget anything that needs doing. That does not mean that I get to complete my list. It just means items not done yet go on my list for the next day. Some of the items might be things I would like to achieve for the month, not necessarily on a particular day. So, my list has a list of priorities first and foremost. The last month, over the Christmas season, I have had time to knock off a lot…