A New Week Dawns

Along with a new week comes a new outlook. I have managed to do quite a bit of soul searching over the last few months. You know that the outcome from soul searching is never going to be an easy path to follow but no matter what is going on in other areas of your life, you have to be true & honest with yourself. I managed to be as brutally honest with myself as I could.....think sledge hammer through a plate glass window. I finally took the daunting first step towards repairing what needed fixed over the last few weeks. Yes I know I have all that is going on with Shrimpy on my plate as well, so why over crowd the plate? Well it simply isnt over crowded -- it is full that much is true...but it is not over flowing to the point I can not cope. I am dealing with each thing as it rears its head,maybe not eloquently or gracefully but they are being dealt with as best i can as it needs doing.

Shrimpy update: He is doing well -- back to half days at school this week which he is looking forward too as he has missed his friends greatly. The catheter site looks amazing -- nice & clean....even the Dialysis Treatment centre are impressed. He turned 16 with a quiet celebration here at home & a couple of his friends slept over on the weekend. I shed a few quiet tears when I went to bed at just how grown up he has become so quickly and for the journey ahead of him. I think he still lives in Denial in regards to his medical condition. Maybe it is easier for him there but what concerns me is that he will not grasp the seriousness of the whole process.

Rebekkah turns 12 on the 12th of this month. She started Year 7 this year & WOW has she started blooming already. Hair is the utmost priority of a morning....I mean OMG!! Plus she started shaving her legs yesterday -- talk about funny. At least she didnt knick her legs first go. She has become a beacon for me. Not only is she my daughter but she is a very dear friend. We talkt he usuall girly stuff but she makes me laugh when I truly need it and she is sensitive to my every mood...giving my cuddles when required,kisses as well and the all importnat 'I Love You mum' I knwo what it means to be blessed with Boo in my life.

Jimmy is well Jimmy. 17 going on 70. thinks he knows everything when in fact he knows not a lot about how the world works etc. He & Nat are doing well -- spending time together,laughing and talking together. It is heart warming to watch young love bloom in your home & then blossom as it matures.

Jessica -- well she is the same as she always is. Not much phases her at all. She continues on with life like there is nothing else going on. So long as she has her daddy all is right in her world. I got a Happygram in the mail for her today. Tellling me about a wonderful story she had written for school. Was nice to receive such pleasant mail for a change.

On the scrapping front -- OMG I so can not get motivated. I started a layout the other day & it is literally sitting here in front of me as I type this staring at me -- telling me to finish it. Can I be bothered -- perhaps. Do i want to do this LO? YES....it is just a tough one to take from my head to the paper.

I better get a wriggle on but before I do sign out I want to wish someone a belated Happy Birthday. I know she may never read this blog and that is perfectly fine with me but Terry I truly hope you had a wonderful day and were spoilt rotten as all mothers should be on the one day a year we call our own. The stitchery you got from your mother,Tudy is gorgeous.

For those who are going through some kind of hardship at present -- just stop, take a deep breath & exhale....there is always someone doing it much tougher then you.

hugs n loves