Food for the soul – welcome to my world
My life and thoughts, from my table, desk or out in the world
They say that time heals all wounds How many times when something sad, mad or bad has happened, do people tell you that “time will heal?” Like most things people say, when the shit hits the fan, it is about finding something to say that says “you are not alone; I am here” But time … Continue reading time
I was recently chatting to an old friend, and I apologised for behaviour that occurred in the past. They told me it was forgotten and to not worry about it; but I hadn’t forgotten and the process of owning my part in things and apologising is a part of my healing. We’ve all seen how … Continue reading owning
I was at a whanau event over the weekend. A close family friend was turning 21, and his whanua and friends gathered to celebrate. My daughter in law was there too, and she watched me hanging out with 2 of my close friends. Later in the weekend she told me, how she had loved seeing … Continue reading bff
I’ve recently spent time with extended whanau. It would’ve been my Dad’s 100th birthday a couple of weeks ago. So we gathered for a lunch in a town, convenient to most, and close to where we had all lived. And as always the whole weekend was a chance to reconnect, to chat, catch up, retell … Continue reading lore
They say that travel is good for the soul I have to say, it is definitely good for mine lol. Be it a night away just up the road, or an epic Northern Hemisphere adventure; they all feed my soul. I used to think I was a home body – but actually I just need … Continue reading solo
I tripped today, I may have sworn, a lot, and I sat with skinned knees, a broken toenail and was hugely embarrassed. It occurred to me that I felt like a 6-year-old and just wanted someone to pick me up, give me a hug and dress my wounds. But I’m not 6, and so I … Continue reading oh ffs!
God grant me the Serenity to Accept the things I cannot change; Courage to change the things I can; and the Wisdom to know the difference. About 4 years ago, I attended one of my first online meetings to support a friend who was sharing. I was just a support person, because I didn’t need … Continue reading accept
We talk about handing over our lives to our Higher Powers. By accepting that we are not in control (or shouldn’t be anyway), we find a way of living that brings us peace. I am extraordinarily bad at handing over. I seem to have spent my entire adult life trying to run things, so they … Continue reading layby
When something catastrophic happens in your life, there is an almost seismic shift. Loss of job, accident, ill health, death, divorce. All those things we call Life Changing are, well, Life Changing. We are toodling along, minding our own business, planning for the future and suddenly, out of nowhere, we find ourselves shunted onto a … Continue reading quakes
The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been” -Madeleine L’Engle I recently heard a quote that, as we age, we should make more friends who are younger than us, because as we age, our peers start passing away – and we don’t want to be left … Continue reading blurred age lines
Food for the soul - welcome to my world 