Another chance at life.

As I sit and write today, Lily is right by my side,  where she spends most of her day, as close to me as possible. She is a happy contented 💕 little soul. She means the world to me.  The decision I made to get another dog, was the best decision I ever made in my life. I decided to get Lily as a puppy right when my divorce proceedings were being finalised. It was about 2 or 3 years previously to that that Chloe my first little dog passed away. In getting Lily I knew I was no longer painfully mourning Chloe and it was putting a full stop on my life as an estranged wife and making a very clear statement that I was ready to move on, and give love to and be responsible for the care of something new in my life.

Lily is definitely the best thing that has happened to me in a very long time. She has a strong caring personality and is protective of me, even though she may be nervous or anxious her protective desire is greater than her fear of things,  so she will stand up and stand her ground when she feels that she needs to protect me from something,  normally this happens if a strange male comes too close to me.  Lily will bark and snap as a warning, even though that bark maybe twinged with a little anxiety.   I love her to bits and really feel that God brought Lily into my life, to show I was being given a second chance at life after a horrible divorce. I rarely now think of my marriage,  it is something that is well and truly in the past,  and my life these days is so different to when I was married. My ex husband didn’t approve of my writing,  so I feel blessed now that I can focus on the things I love, and can spend time writing this blog and other forms of writing all whilst Lily lays by my side happy that I don’t leave her for hours on end, anymore, whilst I went out  to work in my mental health career.   To say that Lily thrives now is an understatement.   We both are happy and content and enjoy our quiet life of creativity and contentment.   Having my creative juices flowing and having a peaceful place to write with Lily by my side is my favourite way to live now, and I appreciate the circumstances that have led me to live my life the way I choose to.

Thank you God, you have blessed me with a peaceful loving life.

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New Zealand

If you won two free plane tickets, where would you go?

If I won two free plane tickets I would go to New Zealand.  I would begin in the South Island of New Zealand and see Dunedin and Milford  Sound, and visit Sam Neill’s Two Paddocks winery, see Christchurch and Akaroa,  then travel to the North Island through Wellington, Gisborne , Rotarua and also Te Awamutu where the Finn brothers grew up.  I would visit  Kare Kare Beach and Auckland.

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The story behind Sparkles

What’s the story behind your nickname?

I know that I have twice before written about my nickname Sparkles.   It is a long standing nickname.   I was first called Sparkles at high school by a friend Karen whose nickname was Possum or Poss  for short.   She called me Sparkles because I was always smiling 😃 and happy.  There was also a famous female clown in Melbourne at the time was called Sparkles.

It is a nickname that could still be relevant to me today because some of my friends think I am a strong, positive, optimistic force to be reckoned with.  So Sparkles, I am.  I think it is in our teenage years that we inherit our nicknames.

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No real travel plans at the moment.

What are your future travel plans?

I don’t really have any travel plans at the moment as I plan to move house in the next 12 months or so, so I am saving my money for the cost of moving.

Once I have moved, I would consider planning another cruise, possibly to New Zealand 🇳🇿 again.

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Change Facebook

What would you change about modern society?

The thing that I would change about modern society would be to change Facebook.   I would make it that people could only make positive encouraging responses on Facebook, that people would be banned from making negative or hateful comments. Facebook has been the avenue for many online bullies to wreck their venom, and I would like to  see a total end to that. I would like social media to be a pleasant encouraging environment.

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Gold 104.3fm or YouTube clips or Spotify

What do you listen to while you work?

What do I listen to whilst I work?. A number of things. I normally have the radio on in the background whilst I go about my day  normally. Gold 104.3fm, which is based here in Melbourne.  It plays the music I have listened 🎶 to from my early teens onwards.   I also listen 🎶 to YouTube clips and my Spotify playlist. It depends what I am in the mood for. I love all Australian Music from the 80s and 90s,  but also like a variety of other music.

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Go to comfort food

What’s your go-to comfort food?

I have two types of comfort food depending on whether I want something aweet or savoury.

I am a true Aussie girl through and through because my go to savoury comfort food is a crumpet with lashings of butter and Vegemite.   I have grown up loving Vegemite and my favourite way to have it is on a crumpet with butter.  It has to be butter , for the taste, and I can’t stand margarine.

My other go-to comfort food, when I want something sweet, is a bowl 🥣 of warm custard 🍮 with stewed apple 🍎.   Served warm, this is the ultimate in comfort food and takes me back to childhood, and now that I am diabetic it is the closest thing I can have, like my mother’s Golden Syrup Dumplings   If I can’t have Golden Syrup Dumplings, then I will happily settle for custard and stewed apples.

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Uno,Scrabble,  Trivial Pursuit and games with Lily

What’s your favorite game (card, board, video, etc.)? Why?

My favourite card game 🎴 would have to be Uno, as it is simple and fun for all ages.  My favourite board games are Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit because they are fun and exercise your brain and vocabulary.   My other favourite games 🎮 ❤️ are those I play with Lily, eg fetch and tug of war.  I love playing with Lily, and she just loves it. I make time every day to play a little with her. She is happy and contented because I play with her on a regular basis.

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