Introduction to 2018
I have missed my blog. I left, I made a new one. I wrote on it but it doesnt feel right. This blog is home and I am back.
Who knows how long this time. Its a very 2012 idea; this whole blogging thing - who does it anymore anyway?
But I still think my blogs are the most valuable thing I can leave my children. So I will continue if only for them.
Suffice to say we survived Christmas 2017. Our 3rd without our Man. I wonder if I will ever stop counting.
Faith has gone back to school. Five years she was at home and now she hits high school for her re-entry. She has done SO WELL. It has been an incredibly stressful transition but she has truly dug deep and excelled in every area.
Today she received her marks for her first math test. My child who has told herself she is not a numbers person...she is stupid... she hates maths....she is also stunned with a mark of 98%. It has taken her completely by surprise. She refuses to tell her siblings - I am at this stage still unsure why she is keeping it a secret. She is a complicated fairy.
Rach is thriving, working so hard with the end in sight. We went to Stellenbosch university last weekend to begin the unravelling of life in 2020. What a wonderful campus - I am so happy that I am able to offer my kids this incredible opportunity.
Levi is still very happy at Sun Valley. Looking forward to winter term when he can play LOTS of sport (soccer, rugby, cross country and squash). Summer sport options are very limited so he only does athletics. He has made some new friends and is seemingly coping well with the demands of Grade 6.
I have started working again and received my first paycheck yesterday. It was a remarkably good feeling. I am proud of myself and what I have achieved these last few years. I have made a few disastrous mistakes but overwhelmingly I have managed to keep things ticking over for my family and ultimately that is all that matters.
Working again reconnects me to the world in a way that excites me. I love engaging with people and being forced to learn new things and step out my comfort zone. The exceptional gift is that I work as / when I want to. I am not beholden to an office or office hours. I could not have scripted a better career for myself.
I am very grateful to Rosemary Elliott for all the training she gave me back in 1995. I actually looked her up to give her a call and tell her how my life has turned out and was so sad to hear she also died in 2015, not long after Russ. It really knocked me. She was definitely one of the big influencers in my life and I wish I had been able to tell her that.
Who knows how long this time. Its a very 2012 idea; this whole blogging thing - who does it anymore anyway?
But I still think my blogs are the most valuable thing I can leave my children. So I will continue if only for them.
Suffice to say we survived Christmas 2017. Our 3rd without our Man. I wonder if I will ever stop counting.
Faith has gone back to school. Five years she was at home and now she hits high school for her re-entry. She has done SO WELL. It has been an incredibly stressful transition but she has truly dug deep and excelled in every area.
Today she received her marks for her first math test. My child who has told herself she is not a numbers person...she is stupid... she hates maths....she is also stunned with a mark of 98%. It has taken her completely by surprise. She refuses to tell her siblings - I am at this stage still unsure why she is keeping it a secret. She is a complicated fairy.
Rach is thriving, working so hard with the end in sight. We went to Stellenbosch university last weekend to begin the unravelling of life in 2020. What a wonderful campus - I am so happy that I am able to offer my kids this incredible opportunity.
Levi is still very happy at Sun Valley. Looking forward to winter term when he can play LOTS of sport (soccer, rugby, cross country and squash). Summer sport options are very limited so he only does athletics. He has made some new friends and is seemingly coping well with the demands of Grade 6.
I have started working again and received my first paycheck yesterday. It was a remarkably good feeling. I am proud of myself and what I have achieved these last few years. I have made a few disastrous mistakes but overwhelmingly I have managed to keep things ticking over for my family and ultimately that is all that matters.
Working again reconnects me to the world in a way that excites me. I love engaging with people and being forced to learn new things and step out my comfort zone. The exceptional gift is that I work as / when I want to. I am not beholden to an office or office hours. I could not have scripted a better career for myself.
I am very grateful to Rosemary Elliott for all the training she gave me back in 1995. I actually looked her up to give her a call and tell her how my life has turned out and was so sad to hear she also died in 2015, not long after Russ. It really knocked me. She was definitely one of the big influencers in my life and I wish I had been able to tell her that.
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