Why I chose to have balloons.

I'm 1 year older. I have entered my thirties and I am of opinion that the best is yet to come. I received a beautiful wish from someone I 'met' recently. She is blessed with remarkable wisdom and has an amazing gift for writing prose and poetry. She wrote: "I hope they (30's) are a time of great settling into yourself and of great discovery. "

'...time of great settling into yourself.' These words have such a deep and profound meaning for me. It dawned on me that many people squander their time wishing they were younger when 'settling into yourself and discovery' comes with age. Nothing about stagnating appeals to me. A part of life is about growing wiser. Nothing less. And if it means I have to put up with a few more wrinkles every year, then so be it. No one likes to see their appearance change, however, it is the condition of your thoughts and the purity of your heart that are essential. It made me think about this little story I read a while ago by Dr. Phil McGraw.

'On one particular occasion, I remember a boy to whom I gave a balloon. Unlike the other little guys who territorially clutched the strings of their balloons, this fella looked up at me and asked, "If I let go of my balloon, will it go up real high?" Moved by his question, I knelt down and responded, "Sure it will, son. It's what's inside your balloon that makes it go up real high.'

That is why I chose balloons.


Patriots!

Kurt enjoying a 'boerewors' roll.

Angela, sorry hun! I caught you off guard there!

Rodger (please note that this is the CEO of my hubby's company mowing OUR lawn.) We've got it sorted!

Claire! Always gorgeous. Always smiling.

Claire, myself and Kels!

Brad having a sleep on my couch at my party!

Kels, Fi, and Donna!

Standing around the braai (ok, BBQ). There are a two people missing here. Jess and Noah, pity you couldn't make it.

My Baptism

As some of you might know, my baptism was yesterday morning. I still have a hard time trying to put in words what it was like. The only reasonable conclusion I can draw is that the physical body isn't able to comprehend the wonder of being baptism and my mind, therefore, struggles to describe it in ordinary words.

Nevertheless, I'm posting some pictures for you to see. Yes, I'm very happy and Yes, I'm very proud to be called a Christian and a Princess of God.

Time to stop being lazy!

I haven't posted anything for a long, long time and realised that now might be as good as ever. We had pictures taken of us while we were cruising earlier in the year on the Vision of the Seas to Mexico. I've scanned the nice ones in and am posting them here for you to see. Apart from our wedding photo's these are the only formal photo's we have. You'll agree that these one are really nice. The first one is my favourite.





As some of you might know, my 30th is tomorrow (20th Sept.) and we are having a small party. I will post these pictures on Sunday or Monday for you to see. After that, there will be silence from our side as we are off to Spain on the 29th. I'll be staying a few more days in London for the fantastic Hillsong Conference while Kurt will probably go to Gibraltar for work.

We will definitely have some pictures to show of this little trip to Spain, Barcelona. Kurt is there for work/conference and I'll be spending my time wisely shopping for much needed clothes and winter necessities. After the conference we are going to Tarifa where we'll be staying at the Hurricane Hotel.

Well, there you have it. Take good care of yourselves! Will post soon.