It’s a question as old as time itself.

What makes a friend?

I believe the friends we have we were destined to meet.

It is no coincidence whom comes into our lives

Shared experiences

Sometimes spiritual

Shared interests

Empathy for one another on our shared journeys

Compassionate shown through actions

Non judgemental support.

Good times and good memories.

Everyone enters a life for a season

Fair weather friends disappear like the wind

True friends stay with us forever

In this world and the next.

There is a gift 🎁 to knowing our true friends.

And it remains a gift forever and a day.

Let’s hope this message 🙏 makes you think of your friends.

Count the blessings of a true friendship. The blessings can only be measured by our hearts 💕

I feel your presence from time to time

Gently guiding

Gracefully approaching

You come to me in dreams and visions

You support me

Never judge me.

Never criticised

Your love ❤️ for me reaches across the universe

Always loving

Always giving.

Always smiling 😃

You make my life joyful and complete

My personal guardian angel.😇

You mean the world to me

God bless you

Amen 🙏

I am blessed that I have quite a number of good friends in my life and it is something that I feel really grateful 🙏 for and it brings immense joy to my life.

Many years ago when I first developed mental health issues, my brother David gave me some profound advice, that I took notice of, and acted upon in the following months and years. He told me to always surround myself with good people from now on. I took heed of this advice and was wise enough to know that to attract good people, you needed to act accordingly and be a friend to the people in your life.

Along the way some friends have been and gone for whatever reasons, and I love all my close friends that I have made along the way. My two longest term friendships are with Vicki, a friend from high school, and Adrian, whom was my housemate when I first developed mental health issues. Vicki and I aren’t in regular contact, but everytime we do catch up, we just pick up where we left off. With Adrian, we know each other so well, and have seen one another at both out absolute worst and our absolute 💯 best and never judge one another, just support and encourage one another.

Whenever I talk to Russell about how blessed I am to have him in my life he always just gently says that it is a two way street and that he too is blessed. Russell is just such a placid gentamely soul and definitely my friendship with him is the most wonderful silver lining to come out of my marriage breakdown. Enough said of that.

My darling angel lady Susanna is definitely my soul sister. I am so lucky to have such a positive, gracious loving soul, who also has a wicked sense of humour and keeps me laughing. Laughter genuinely is the best medicine.

I also have lovely neighbours and I enjoy taking Lily to visit Liz, and her dog Becky.

I also must mention that at my last time in hospital I developed friendships with both Felicity and Pat. Felicity keeps me in stiches with her sense of humour and Pat and I have similar likes in 🎶 music. Pat tells me that I am a wonderful supportive friend and I tell him, just like Russell tells me, that it is a row way street. I am very lucky for my friends, and don’t take them for granted. If you learn how to give, the universe will act in ways that you receive.

I must say that normally I don’t believe in love at first sight. My experience has been with humans is that you can find someone attractive at first sight but love comes a bit later after having spent some time in each other’s company and finding things in common.

However, in my experience with both my dogs, I feel absolutely in love with them at first sight. My past dog Chloe, was a little Maltese, the last one left in the litter of puppies and I feel into peaceful, gentle love with her as soon as she was put into my arms. She was always a peaceful little soul.

With Lily it happened even quicker if that is at all possible. I knew when I was visiting the breeder that I was going to look at a brown and white female cavoodle puppy. I thought I was going to come home with a little teddy 🐻 bear lookalike. As soon as I got out of the car and walked to the play pen the puppies were in, my eyes Iocked onto Lily, and her eyes locked onto me. I was overtaken with immense love ❤ at that instant. Let me tell you now, Lily was not a teddy bear lookalike, she was rare for a cavoodle as she looked more like a cavalier than a poodle. I looked deep into her puppy dog eyes and was deeply in love with her. I told myself that she is brown and white, please let this exquisite little creature, be the brown and white female I wanted to see. Of course she was.

God has created a smart trick 🙏, by making puppies the cutest creatures on earth. They are so beautiful, that we fall instantly in love with them, and our maternal side wants to take care of them, like they are our own little babies.

As soon as I held Lily in my arms, my brain turned to loving mush and soon as Lily looked into my eyes, I realised she loved me too

I cherish that day that Lily first came into my life, as one of the happiest 💕 days of my life. I hope my reader’s experience 🙏 that sort of love at first sight. It is truly a gift 🎁 from Gid.

My regular readers will be aware that recently I wrote a blog post 📫 called THE ANGELS PRESCENCE. Since then I have had an experience that makes me know even more that we have angels surrounding us.

Some of my regular readers will be aware that my most lovely friend Susanna is battling cancer. Susanna definitely is an angel here on 🌎 earth and I have been journeying with her battle for about 6 years now. Recently Susanna has been in hospital 🏥 suffering from pneumonia. It has hit her hard and a couple of days ago she underwent surgery to remove the fluid from her lungs. I had been 🙏 praying hard for her and woke up yesterday morning 🌄 sensing a prescence in my room. This prescence was positive and peaceful ✌. It gave me the feeling that Susanna was okay and at peace. This prescence was comforting and I was able to begin my day knowing I would be hearing from Susanna soon. I got up early had breakfast, showered and took Lily for a walk 🚶‍♂️. When I returned Susanna had sent me a text to let me know she had had surgery and was OK. I sent her a text letting her know of my angelic encounter and I am positive it was the Archangel Michael letting me know that Susanna was okay. Susanna shares my belief in angels and feels the Archangel Michael’s presence in her life. There has been other ⏲ times I have sensed his prescence in my life. A few times when I have been in a dangerous situation he has guided me to safety in a quick and timely manner.

Make of this what you will. I have no doubt it was an angelic encounter and I feel happy and relieved that Susanna is okay. Angeks do exist we just need to open ourselves to their prescence 😇😇😇😇

Lily s favourite things.
Hi I’m Lily and I have a few favourite things.
One thing I truly love is when Mummy rubs or tickles my belly. It always gives me a feeling of total bliss when she does this. I could lie for hours and have my belly rubbed.
Another thing I totally cherish is being taken for a walk, I love seeing, and smelling everything, particularly after it has rained because it just brings all the smells alive . Mummy let’s me smell everyrhing on my walk.
When Mummy takes me for a walk I often see some friends I have made. There is Lisa whom goes out walking . I get excited when I see Lisa because I know she will excitedly give ma a good backrub and will chat to Mummy. We often see Val, an older lady who loves dogs and knows all the dogs in our neighbourhood.
I especially love it when Mummy takes me to Liz and Becky’s house. Liz always gives me lots of treats and if I am well behaved Mummy may sneak me a bit of her biscuit. Even when we go home, Liz always gives Mummy a special treat to give me later on. That is my favorite treat of all, except for the pig’s ears that Mummy sometimes buys me. I can make a pig’s ear last for a few days, I love them so much.
I love adventures, particularly when I go for a walk. My best adventure was chasing ducks at Coburg Lake Reserve. I chased one duck along a long tree branch alongside the water. I accidentally fell in the water, then realized I could swim, and was able to swim, chasing the ducks. I think Mummy was worried that I would drown. She needn’t have worried as I can dog paddle.
My absolute favorite thing is to lie on Mummys lap and be cuddled. Mummy calls me, her sweetheart, her angel and that makes me so happy. I love being cuddled most of all. It is the best.

Do you ever feel like there exists a presence ✨ that watches over you and guides you through your life.? Do you feel this presence is even stronger when times ⏲ are challenging in your life.? I believe 🙏 that we have angels that watch over us and help us in our everyday lives. We may not consciously be aware but they are there. There has just been so much in my life that could not have been coincidence. Ever since I started to believe in angels and sense their guidance 🙏 my life has improved out of sight and becone more enriched. I am not saying that we should worship angels, but we should open ourselves up to their presence as messengers of God.

I also believe that God sends some angels to 🌎 earth in human form, to live amongst us and show us love ❤ My regular readers will know that I consider Susanna to be an angel and Russell too. A friend of mine called Helen once asked me the question “Did I believe that God sent angels to earth 🌎 in human form?” When I answered yes Helen’s reply was “Susanna is one of them”. Maybe we all have some human form angels in our lives. I definitely think we have a life purpose and I believe this current young generation have been sent from God to take better care of the universe. When I see my niece Lana and her love ❤ of animals I know she has been given a special purpose in life. It is beautiful to observe her love ❤ and understanding of animals

Animals too can be angels. My readers whom have read Ruby The Angel would be aware of this Not all angels have wings and I believe that many animals have an angelic purpose in life. We just need to open our eyes and allow our spirit to observe the beautiful presence of angels in all their beautiful forms. The more we observe, the more we notice and understand and appreciate their presence in our lives 🙏.

I am asking my readers to open themselves up to the presence of angels as Gods messenger’s. Life can be more beautiful and richer when we feel that angelic ❤ love and precence. Seek and you shall find. This is what I know to be true. 😇😇😇😇🐶🐶🐶🐶🌈🌈🌈🌈🌟🌟🌟🌟

Today my blog is about a sad subject instead of my normal ultra positive vibe. But it is something I am compelled to write about, particularly as someone who loves dogs.

As we went into lockdown 2 years ago a lot of people purchased puppies for company rhroughout the isolation of lockdown. It meant that dog breeders could charge thousands of 💸 dollars for their puppies, and there were lots of people willing to pay that largely people bought them for company, as a toy to stave off the loneliness of lockdown.

My fear at that time was that when we came out of lockdown that some people would get bored of their lockdown puppies 🐶 and that we would end up with a glut of dogs in shelters, hoping to become someone’s rescue dog. I am sad to say that THIS HAPPENED and shelters are now overrun with dogs of about 18 months old. Do the maths. Some very selfish people bought dogs during lockdown and now no longer want them. This makes my blood boil on so many levels.

When you purchase a dog, it is FOR LIFE NOT UNTIL YOU GET BORED and no longer want the responsibility of pet ownership.

I hope these dogs 🐕 in shelters find loving FOREVER homes and we don’t end up with thousand’s of dogs put down.

I pray that if you are a loving, caring person who loves 🐕 dogs you will consider getting a rescue dog 🐕. They truly are our best friends and give so much love and joy. God must be looking down on us in tears at the plight of these innocent creatures.

Dogs teach us about love. Is this something you want to learn or experience for yourself. From the bottom of my heart and Lily’s I hope so.

I thought I would take the opportunity to speak about Valentines Day. I am not expecting to receive anything for Valentine’s Day, but that doesn’t bother me, as I choose to focus on all types of love I already have in my life, and I don’t lament that I have no partner. To me Valentine’s Day should be about celebrating 🍾 everyone we have in our life, whom we love ❤ and not just focus on romantic love. I technically may not have a lover, but my life is rich with so much other love, it doesn’t matter and I am certainly not lacking in love.

To begin with I have the total unconditional love of Lily. Every time I look into ber beautiful eyes, I see eyes filled with love, trust and innocence and I fall even deeper in love with her. The love ❤ of a dog is so complete and so rewarding and she certainly is the best company if ever I feel a little lacking in company.

I also have the love of my family and I adore all my nieces and nephews in particular.

I have some amazing friends that I contacr on Valentine’s Day to let them know how special they are to me.

I have the respect 🙏 of some wonderful male friends in my life, in particular Russell, Carl, Adrian and Pat. They are such wonderful examples of manhood and I am blessed they are in my life. They are a big part of my journey and I appreciate their presence more than they will ever know..

One of my favourite love songs 🎵 ❤ is the Crowded House song Something So Strong. It is a song about all different types of love, and Neil Finn’s lyrics really celebrate love in its many forms. My one big dream in life is with Carl assisting me, that we belt out Something So Strong for Susanna on an episode of the Recording Studio, so Susanna knows just how loved and celebrated 🍾 she is. That is my absolute dream that I pray every day will come about. It certainly gives me a goal to aim for post covid. I think in this time of covid it is more important than ever to show universal love ❤ to one another

If you have any friends who by choice or circumstances are single, make an effort to contact them on Valentine’s Day and let them know you love them. A small gesture like that can mean a lot to someone who is struggling and we all can use a little love 💕 or TLC. I will be contacting quite a few prople on Valentine’s Day and I hope my reader’s will be inspired and spread some good karma, by contacting our loved one’s and letting them know how special they are to us every day of the year. Use Valentine’s Day to spread some good cheer. I know I will. Will You?.