Monthly Archives: Dec 2018

May God give you…

For every storm, a rainbow,

For every tear, a smile,

For every care, a promise,

And a blessing in each trial.

For every problem life sends,

A faithful friend to share,

For every sigh, a sweet song,

And an answer for each prayer.

An Irish Blessing.

Received a concise message from my sister a couple days ago, followed another message from my mother yesterday… Drawing near to Xmas season, a blow to my niece and her family in Australia. Her husband was involved in a severe accident and ended up in ICU ward at the hospital. He was riding a Vespa while the other driver was driving in a car or 4 wheel drive car for I was not clear. My niece and her husband have got a son under 7 years old. The latest news, I got two messages – one message from my niece and a terse note from my sister last night as I read the messages early hour of this morning while my partner is ready for his ‘call out’ work today. The husband is doing well but still in unconscious until the Specialist give a ‘clear go’ to wake him up,

I am no stranger to anyone who had been involved in vehicle accidents many years ago. I was a health care assistant nurse for nearly 7-8 years, and I worked as a ‘call out’ to cover the staff’s jobs in two different places where there were so many young people including teenagers who were involved in drunk driving, hit and run, speeding and suffered a head injury from high fall etc. I was amazed to see the high number of young people in the specialised hospital than reading in the newspapers.

My partner suffered a couple severe accidents from motorcycle to a house fire in his past many years ago before he met me. He is a survivor today, and of course, he is an atheist for I am a deaf Christian. Deep down for my partner has got a good heart and faith in his own way. Our relationships are strong and standing firmly on the ground foundation through daily lives. To me, I knew that God has given him another chance to move forward and starting a new life – ‘a clean slate’. See Irish Blessing for he is an Irish man.

Daily news from social media to newspapers, many families have lost their members or lucky to be alive from a vehicle accident, bombing attack, hit and run accident and any other kind of accidents. It is tough to cope when there is terrible timing toward to Xmas for those people even a family who are facing difficulties in financing for the health if they have got no health insurance to pay for the treatment, home care supports, the need of counselling and griefing.

Often wondering if you were expecting or hoping your loved ones coming home safety with the door open wide, like the photo I took from our home. We always text each other if we are coming back from work or my long day meetings.

This afternoon, a couple young people with learning disabilities asked me – what do I want a Christmas wish come true or one day! Oh bless them for their curiosity.

I said well, all I wish to have an extra height on top of the current fence to keep dogs in our property. Because I have got a new disability – chronic C5-C8 Radiculopathy with degenerate disc disease. I can’t do the fencing job on my own for my partner is working 6 days a week. I put an advertisement in the Neighbourly and our local newsletter this week. Nothing happening so far.

The young people with learning disabilities – Tania and Ryan responses they would like to help and not good at doing fencing. They love to help me out when I am at work some times even at the library.

Late afternoon, coming home and becoming exhausted quickly. I was unable to do any light weeding in the garden or to prune lavenders back for the next flush of flowering. Some days I am okay with some strength to do something like cooking tea, light rose cutting, walking around the fields than suffered nasty or deep painful and unable to do anything for another day. The worst of all, daily trip to/from the house to the gate, I have to check the road is clear when there is not a nuisance lady of State Highway walking her dog. If the coast clear, then I let our dogs out for a good run with my eyes on them for I cannot hear anyone walking down the road.

I have another day of meeting tomorrow and getting paperworks, preparing New Zealand Sign Language Class for next year. I am working with Jacek this Saturday before we head out to Auckland or half way to meet my partner’s son and hopefully seeing the grandson. Then another four more working days before 21st.

Seeing the sunset out of our kitchen window while having tea late. Here hoping wishes come true or not!

This rose come from our rose garden and it is the oldest for I am not sure what is called. This rose was there when we moved here four years ago.

Four Years have gone since we moved here in Eureka, Waikato. Walking around the property where I grow many flowers, herbs, fruits and vegetables this afternoon.  Many of flower plants, fruits like strawberries, vegetable crops producing more than before and surviving the harsh weather in the past. Even battle with rabbits, possums, birds and mice/rats pecking foods before us.  

A planter box full of strawberries under the silk tree – it showing display of fruits when they are ready to eat BUT I need to pick them before the birds and rabbits even Joseph – our oldest dog loves eating strawberries. It is better than last year because of the weather. The strawberry planter box is in front of our kitchen window where we always look out toward the field and the road.  

 Bright and cheerful colour bottlebrush trees displaying at the driveway when we go or come home from work and shopping every day. It reminds us it is nearly Christmas time this month. I looked back this year and how peaceful and relaxing times for us and our dogs here. For my health – chronic C5-C8 Radiculopathy and degenerated disc disease impacted my life this year. Nothing will stop me from doing activities here and at work! The only option is effortless – start maintaining lifestyle, change or to adapted types of equipment for gardening, cooking and housework.  I was lucky for my workplace gave me the opportunity to work from home when I am in great pain overnight or in the early hour of the morning. We would not move back to Hamilton City because we choose to live here in Eureka, out in the rural lifestyle. We knew the city of Hamilton is growing fast and no space of private, the lack of growing vegetables or fruits gardens in a small section and for our dogs to run freely etc. 

Garden is my favourite hobby and it helps me to relax a lot of times in the last four years. This year I am taking easy as along when doing weeding, pruning and growing seedlings.  It is NOT alway easy when my partner is not at home where I need help with shifting or digging up. 

One evening I was looking out through the kitchen window and saw the beauty of sunset out in the field and across the farmland of our neighbour. We get many beautiful sunsets every time we see out there, and it bought us wonder and the peace of goodwill for us.  This is how we choose and to enjoy living in Eureka, Waikato.