HAPPY CHRISTMAS 2010 !

Wishing all those of you who celebrate it, a wonderful Christmas day today ! Thanks, too, to everyone for all the emails that have been coming in since yesterday - I'll get around to replying soon ;)

I have a special message today for all those of you who are spending Christmas alone, or without their loved ones - I know how hard it is for you, and I will be thinking of you especially today - those of you who have lost loved ones, or who's children have flown the nest, single parent families or those of you who have loved ones working far away from home, or perhaps in hospital during this time .... may you have extra strength today to get through the Christmas season which I know, is not an easy one for many.

Lots of Love

Lynda XXX

A Long Overdue Update

I'm sorry that I have been so slack with updating the blog lately !- I'm in Johannesburg at the moment, my son had his operation on Tuesday & is now at home recovering. The past 2 days have been up and down with him ... a few hiccups and another Dr's visit this morning, possible post-op problems but we hope & pray that there won't be - only time will tell as the next week unfolds.

Thanks for all the messages, comments, emails - I have so many to reply to, and will do so as soon as I can. Thanks to those of you (you know who you are !) who've been keeping in close contact with me, especially during these past 2 difficult days - no matter how bad things seem, they CAN only get better, and I'm holding on to that thought as I face the coming days/week.

The photo's above were taken on the road to Johannesburg (from the Eastern Cape) this past weekend - I have some more posts to follow soon on the trip & the lovely B & B we stayed at along the way - but they'll have to wait until I have more time and am in a more peaceful place in my life !

Blog Greetings From South Africa !

I've arrived in South Africa ! Got here a week ago after an uneventful trip (quite rare that - this being Africa !) .... 3 countries, 3 flights alone with the 2 kids & around 100 kg's of checked & hand luggage ..... but we made it here okay ;)
The scenes in these photos were taken on the beach in front of my parent's house on the Eastern Cape coast where we are now ............

To all of you who've been emailing me - thank you - I'm sorry I have not responded yet. Thanks for the Facebook messages, emails and comments ..... Jo, Ian, Wendy, Karine, Di ...... I promise to be in touch soon ;) has been a difficult time for me these past few weeks as those close to me know .... thanks for all being there !

I head off to Johannesburg next week and will be there for around 12 days, before returning here for Christmas ..... I promise to pop in and blog as often as I can !

Hope that everyone is gearing up for the festive season & a nice holiday break .............. and to all those of you on the other side of the world - keep warm !