narelle

hey ya’ll , sorry I haven’t been around much to cheer you along. My house is pretty much gadget free… no tv, computers, internet but I’m back at uni and need to reconnect so will have a connection soon, can’t wait to properly catch up with everyone and see how you’re going. Love to all!

Gratitude List

Uni has started again and there’s a new opporunity to rise to a challenge

The ease i have had with finding a carpark all week

Noticed a significant difference in fitness level this week when running… I basically didn’t feel like throwing up afterwards, yae!

Feeling more excited about OT as a career as that keeps me motivated

Back to rock climbing and having a group to consistently climb with (finally!)

and these are all the things I think to be grateful for,

I’m grateful that I had her around until I was 22 and for the close relationship we had.

I am grateful for the wisdom she shared, her fiery passionate and generous nature and that she taught me how to laugh at ridiculous things.

I am grateful to have moved through never getting to say goodbye.

I am grateful for the memorabilia I have of her. The Tsunami happened not so long after she passed and I felt so sad for the people that not only lost a parent but their whole family and on top of that their communities who would have shared their grief, cooked them meals, told them funny stories about their loved ones then dug up old photos of them together when they were younger to pass on to their children.I feel grateful that I still have people to share memories of mum with and that she wasn’t just a figment of my imagination.

For her sake, not my sisters, I am grateful that she wasn’t around for my sister being sick and that her life never experienced the pain of being told that there wasn’t much hope for your child.

And for Grannys sake I’m grateful mum passed 6 months after Granny and not 6 months before

I am grateful that she is buried in a memorial park, its rather nice to visit as opposed to the local cemetery that seems to stretch for kilometres on industrial land.

I am grateful that there is grace to be found in the darkest moments.

Dates are being set, annual leave is being applied for. Its happening!