Eastbourne beach, at teatime, found us taking a break from sorting and packing boxes, making the most of being so close to the sea. It was very peaceful, and a lovely end to the day.

"Demands" of modern living can cause us to forget our vital connections to nature, to the things that truly sustain us, and help maintain good health, clear mind and soaring spirit. So, for those of you who have not experienced the outdoors today, my gift is a reminder of the beauty that is outside- fresh air, gentle waves.....bliss!

xx

Mum phoned from Toronto last night, feeling very isolated. She's flown over to be with her hubby, who awaits medical treatment on his liver, but she's finding it hard going...
We are all praying, and I keep telling her that she's helping with his healing just being there, and to keep him as upbeat as possible. They went to the waterfront yesterday, but he fell asleep as soon as they reached home...
I know absent healing works, but it works better if they can keep happy, and open to receive it.

Love to all.

xxx

"One good thing," she said, about being in this wheelchair,"is that I get to look at blokes' bottoms." Every cloud, they say, has it's silver lining. But this lady doesn't know if she'll still be on earth, with her children, at Christmas. People are afraid to talk to her because of her chair; they don't know what to say.
What do you say?
"Hi! What's your problem then?"
Chatting with her was a pleasure.
"I often see you about," she told me...."Always smiling, always so relaxed." But I can relax. I can live life, whatever it throws at me, because I know I have my health, my joy, my family....the lady in the chair, I discovered, has a wicked sense of humour!
We'll get together over the summer, and I shall be glad to be her friend.

I have a list of jobs, but a need to sit and be quiet.....

Sometimes, we need to listen to that little voice that tells us to ignore the "shoulds" and go with the flow; the flow is nature at work, the universe speaking....

And who on Earth am I to question the all encompassing power of the universe?

The day is a beautiful one; how lucky we are!

We had a wonderful picnic at the weekend, near Beachy Head. While we were eating we looked across at the sheep on the other side of the lane and imagined that clouds were just sheep who got too full of gas, and floated up into the sky. Imagine that! You could be walking along, minding your own business, and have a sheep land on your head....

Ali phoned while we were driving up there to ask if Dad had arrived yet, and what we were up to, so I invited her friends along to join us. It was lovely; the kids had piggy back races and choreographed dances to the music of counting to 8! They split into 3 pairs, and then taught the others the individual sections to make one longer dance. Dad had brought chicken with him, and rolls and mayonnaise, as a wonderfully simple first course, and we had strawberries and cherries to follow. Wonderful!

All you need for a fun day out!

I helped on a school trip last week. Though we live close to the sea, some of the children could not recall ever visiting the beach; sometimes we take things for granted that we could do with appreciating!

Nan is very proud of her picture of the pier, as you can see....AND she got 3 housepoints for it!

One of the girlies was saying how she wished she was going on holiday, yet people come here on their holidays! It's all relative. I am still planning a trip to Rome, and have been doing that for a year. It needs to fit in with babysitting, moving, summer schools....I am trusting that I will be there when the time is right.
 
Trust is sometimes hard to hold, but God wants  us to be happy and, as I once heard a wise lady say, "Hope has a hole in it!

On the way back from the trip, we had to walk for about half an hour. I had to confess to our nice Head-teacher that I walked barefoot. He did give me a slight frown, but the shoes were wrong. Had I walked on in them, I would have had blisters; without them, I was in touch with the earth, and I had to concentrate on my steps. Shoes would have lulled me into a kind of blind walking, with no regard to what was on the ground in front of me. Ok, so he can report me to the chair of governors if he wants, It's ME!

I suppose it's one of those things that has to de done!

I must admit, there are days when it would be grand to be on a desert island, with peace and quiet and a few carefully selected discs....and a few carefully selected friends! I drove along the seafront this morning, and the sea was so pretty, with the shadows of the clouds giving contrast here and there; sometimes we need the option of light and shade!

Last night there was a beautiful rainbow over the sea, a perfect arc. God's promise, they say, that there will be no more floods on the scale of Noah's. Presumably, that would be a promise we have made to ourselves, that we will all wake up in time to prevent catastrophe, that we will remember where we are from and what we should be doing, and make all things heavenly.

What are my heavenly moments, just now?

Chatting with friends, helping the children create something beautiful, bumping into someone out of the blue and realising how lovely they are, daydreaming about life changes......those heavenly moments help us through each day, feeling love and joy, being bright and exuberant.

Look for the light my friends; it's so much more fun!!!

Courtesy of Facebook, I discovered that my daughter is "in a relationship," and with whom. How bizarre!
Maybe it's a new form of wedding ring, a public declaration of ones relationship status on the internet...an announcement to the world that one is lovable, desirable,....taken!
It is easy to forget that we are always loved, when we are caught in the net of three dimensions. God loves us all the time, after all.

A few years ago the pier was restored, with pleasant shops, a couple of cafes. Now, unless you like gambling machines, you must bring your own entertainment!

We,re there again tomorrow, as the little ones are performing again, this time in Seussical, with Cheryl Baker (of Bucks Fizz) and Nathan Potter (from Strictly Dance Fever) playing The Cat in the Hat. Today, I must find them some belts to hold up their trousers; in their spontaneousness, they like to let me know at the eleventh hour about anything they urgently need. So, tonight it's rehearsal time, and tomorrow afternoon, there I shall be, wildly applauding.....

I think we should probably devote more of life to applause and appreciation. As Shakespeare said, "All the world's a stage....the men and women only players." Lets focus on the good bits, attract more of the same, and make it  FUN!

I think I should go and join the moon; the intermittent nature of the internet right now makes me think I should be focussing on better things......

Things are often quite sparky, I find, at this time of the month, so I shall give in, go with the flow, and attune to the wonderful bulb of light that shimmers above us, reflecting the light of the sun back to us, through the night sky.

Happy moonbathing!