Sunday, March 21, 2010
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Inside my head...
When will I stop spinning. Why, when I have been at home for 16 months now, do I still feel like I am not on top of anything.Why do I get so angry. I know why...
My twisted view on my life is that when I get my home organized, everything will be fine. But looking waaayyy back to the beginning of my posts..well...that's what I thought then too. But I 'think' that if I let go of that goal, my world will surely collapse.
Today I'm feeling a little toppled...
Hugs
Yo
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Kindred Spirits
I have a dear friend who has spent a huge part of our friendship living in Alberta. One of those friends that you just wish lived next door, because you know you would never tire of each other.
We have had good times together when Tami was young, we've loved the Lord together, we've bought automobiles together and sadly, shared the experiences of breast cancer together.
I was overwhelmed and humbled when I received this e-mail from her after announcing my retirement.
I think that through my many experiences she has been living in my head, she has understood so well.
"So you took the step, eh?
Congratulations on 27 years of dedicated hard work that you gave the credit union.
You deserve to be honoured for it all. (I have never liked the word `deserved')
I suspect this retirement comes with a whole lot of mixed emotions -
relief, thankfulness for the job that was,
for the freedom to move on from there,
an awareness of what it cost you to work there all those years in terms of your physical energy, your emotional energy,
an awareness of how hard you worked and how much of your heart you invested in that place and in those people,
an awareness and memory of the things that were difficult,
pride in having done it all these years and all kinds of memories....
I wish you all the best too in whatever the future holds for you Yolanda.
May you be blessed and may you know happiness and contentment in it."
Thank you Pat.
Hugs
Yolanda
I've gone to find myself. If I get back before I've found me, please keep me here!
We have had good times together when Tami was young, we've loved the Lord together, we've bought automobiles together and sadly, shared the experiences of breast cancer together.
I was overwhelmed and humbled when I received this e-mail from her after announcing my retirement.
I think that through my many experiences she has been living in my head, she has understood so well.
"So you took the step, eh?
Congratulations on 27 years of dedicated hard work that you gave the credit union.
You deserve to be honoured for it all. (I have never liked the word `deserved')
I suspect this retirement comes with a whole lot of mixed emotions -
relief, thankfulness for the job that was,
for the freedom to move on from there,
an awareness of what it cost you to work there all those years in terms of your physical energy, your emotional energy,
an awareness of how hard you worked and how much of your heart you invested in that place and in those people,
an awareness and memory of the things that were difficult,
pride in having done it all these years and all kinds of memories....
I wish you all the best too in whatever the future holds for you Yolanda.
May you be blessed and may you know happiness and contentment in it."
Thank you Pat.
Hugs
Yolanda
I've gone to find myself. If I get back before I've found me, please keep me here!
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Dutch Bingo
I'm back...maybe.
A few months back I signed up for a Wellness class at the Baptist church I was attending. I sat beside a girl names Dawn. She didn't attend the church but knew the girl that was leading the class. AND SHE WAS NOT DUTCH!
When we shared our names, she commented that Yolanda sounded dutch. Yes, I told her...I was dutch. She asked me my last name. I said it was Westerik, not a very common name. She told me that her husband was dutch and his grandmother was a Westerik.
Well, after a bit of back and forthing I found out that her husband's grandmother and my dad are FIRST cousins....their dad's were brothers!
and......
She also told me she knew another couple with the name Westerik from years ago...
their names...Brent & Jenny!!!
What fun is that!!!
That's all for today, but I am truly going to try to visit more regularly in the future.
Hugs
Yolanda
Quote:
A few months back I signed up for a Wellness class at the Baptist church I was attending. I sat beside a girl names Dawn. She didn't attend the church but knew the girl that was leading the class. AND SHE WAS NOT DUTCH!
When we shared our names, she commented that Yolanda sounded dutch. Yes, I told her...I was dutch. She asked me my last name. I said it was Westerik, not a very common name. She told me that her husband was dutch and his grandmother was a Westerik.
Well, after a bit of back and forthing I found out that her husband's grandmother and my dad are FIRST cousins....their dad's were brothers!
and......
She also told me she knew another couple with the name Westerik from years ago...
their names...Brent & Jenny!!!
What fun is that!!!
That's all for today, but I am truly going to try to visit more regularly in the future.
Hugs
Yolanda
Quote:
We live in a moment of history where change is so speeded up that we begin to see the present only when it is already disappearing.
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