I love Africa, and Ulusaba, our home in South Africa, is pretty special. It’s on a rocky hill overlooking the bush, and from your room, you can see lions stalking zebras by the waterhole. Richard Branson There is something special about seeing wildlife without going on a safari! We once totally took this for granted,…
December 16: Twenty-three years todayÂ
Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years. Simone Signoret This is the first anniversary that we have celebrated 10,000 miles apart, but considering what the 23 years have held it is a celebration indeed! It was nostalgic in every sense of…
December 15: Hold on to hope
Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence. Helen Keller When going back to all the familiar places of my childhood, at Christ Church it struck me that churches were built on hope. The hope of eternal life. We go to church religiously in the hope that…
December 14: Take a slow walk
Walk slowly; all you can ever come to is yourself. Alison McGhee Sometimes it is good to just take a slow walk, look around, enjoy the scenery, sights, sounds, smells, to be taken back to a time that was uncomplicated and simple. A time in life with little responsibility and the world at your feet.…
December 13: Back in Africa…tail end of cows
The tragedy of life is often not in our failure, but rather in our complacency; not in our doing too much, but rather in our doing too little; not in our living above our ability, but rather in our living below our capacities. Benjamin E. Mays You know without a doubt that you are back…