Positive Example Of Where I’ve Felt Loved

Can you share a positive example of where you’ve felt loved?

This post has got me thinking about the times I’ve felt loved. Certainly all my memories of Susanna are those when I always felt loved, she treated me as her sister and there are many examples of where she showed me love, but today I want to write ✍️ about another time when I was shown love.

Throughout my marriage I would occasionally invite Russell to share a meal with us, if I was cooking 🍳 something like a casserole.  I enjoyed Russell’s company and definitely wanted my husband to spend more time in Russell’s company. My marriage fell apart in August 2012, and I moved to my current address. In about January 2013 Russell politely asked me if he could come to my place, with a friend 🧡 and cook dinner for me. He wanted to do so to thank me for the times I had cooked for him.  I was taken aback and accepted the invitation for him to do so. It was warm summer evening the night Russell came to cook dinner and he cooked a lovely Indian meal. I can remember sitting in my lounge room having had  delicious meal and it occurred to me that I was really happy  that night and it was the first time since leaving my marriage that I felt happy and contented and loved. Russell gently showed me that he was a true friend 🧡 and would be around in my life for the long haul. I realised that I had done the right thing leaving my marriage and that if I had to go through everything I did in the past, it was worth it to be where I am now, with the friends like Russell and Susanna .I felt gracious and grateful 🙏🏽.

Where can I reduce clutter

Where can you reduce clutter in your life?

This is a very pertinent question because I am currently decluttering my place ready  for me to move in the not too distant future.  I have been a hoarder and kept every gift and greeting card given to me over the past 30 years.  I have donated a lot to the Salvos shop and given a lot to friends and family.   The main thing I now hoard are books 📚 and photos 📸 but I want to keep most of them and get rid of a lot of stuff in have accumulated.

Quote of the day from Audrey Hepburn.

I just read a great quote from one of my idols Audrey Hepburn.  It is as follows 

“Nothing is impossible.  The very word says I’m possible”.

This definitely is food for thought. Audrey is one of the classic beauties from the 50s and 60s  I love so much that includes Princess Grace,  Natalie Wood etc. They were stunning women whose very lives changed the lives of the women who came after them.

Favourite animal

What is your favorite animal?

My all time favourite animal would have to be dogs. I love ❤️ my little dog 🐕 Lily with all my heart.. She is the love of my life. Being an Australian i love our wildlife,  particularly 🐨 koalas,  wombats , kangaroos and platypuses.  I also love 🐘 elephants and giraffes 🦒.

My most memorable road trip

Think back on your most memorable road trip.

Probably my most memorable trip by road was when I took the Overland train to Adelaide,  the Ghan train to Alice Springs and then a bus tour around the Northen Territory,  Urulu then down through South Australia and back to Melbourne. It was the last trip I took with my parents before my dad passed over.   It was amazing.  My favourite places were Urulu , Coober Pedy and the Hermansberg mission, where Albert Namajera painted.  (I hope I spelt his name correctly).  It was a remarkable trip because it reminded me that I live in a vast and scenic country and it was wonderful to share that experience with my parents 

Don’t regret the past it has led you to where you are today.

I’ve had a few things happen recently that has got me thinking not to regret the past beause it has led me to where I am today.

This week I heard indirectly that a past love of mine is now married with a couple of kids and living in the western suburbs.  It brought back many memories,  most of them good, but also made me lament what might have been. It got me thinking of my own marriage,  which wasn’t great and I had very good reasons to walk away from that marriage.  Although I would have loved to have children I am so glad I didn’t with my ex husband.  It would’ve tied me to him forever and I would’ve become a single mother without support from her ex partner.

Yesterday I stopped lamenting the past and instead am so happy and grateful 🙏🏽 for what I do have in this world.  My wonderful friend Russell dropped by my place to help me repair something in my unit. I originally met Russell through the church that I was involved in because of my ex.  To say I am grateful 🙏🏽 for Russell is somewhat an understatement.  He is amazing. My dog 🐕 Lily just adores him, and she doesn’t like most men. Russell looked after Lily for me when I went on the cruise. She was overcome with excitement at seeing him yesterday,  so overwhelmed that she couldn’t stop barking,  thinking she was talking to him.  He gently picked her up and held her in his arms like  she was just a baby and it rendered her speechless.  It was beautiful 😍 🤩 to watch and made me very appreciative of what I do have.  I regret nothing in my life, my journey brought both Russell and Lily into my life. Russell is a remarkable,  and good Christian companion and Lily is what makes her my little family.  I have a lot to be gracious 🙏🏽 for and my journey is an interesting fulfilling one. I am happy, well and contented.

Our family dog Sadie

Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?

I can’t think of an object I was attached to as a child, but I do remember being very attached to our family dog Sadie as a toddler. Sadie was a border collie who loved me and my very first memories are of patting her and climbing on her back to ride her. Mum could put me in the backyard in my baby bouncer and Sadie would lie next to me, guarding me. Unfortunately Sadie didn’t have a long life, she was run over by a vehicle when I was still a toddler.  That was my first experience of death and I so hoped I could visit her in heaven.