Reflecting two months ago, there was a tragedy near our property that involved two cars and one ute with a jetski on the trailer. Our raw memories were a young ten-week-old child’s death and the mother’s death. Our neighbours and I never forget the incidents and are involved in assisting people, including emergency workers.
How I am faring so far? Actually, I am out of Waikato and staying at the lovely lodge in Coromandel. Why this? My workplace shouted – staff under social service a weekend retreat for the second time this year. There are seven staff here and relaxing, taking time out or refreshing our minds and cleansing our bodies. We are staying at the same lodge we stayed in late Winter last year.
I am doing well and slowly getting things back to regular routines apart from driving out and driving home on the same road where the accident site took place. Whenever I stopped at the stop sign intersection and waited patiently, looking out for any odd speeding cars passing me or not. Yes, there were speeding vehicles during the morning and late afternoon, which annoyed me or pissed me off. Daily reading the newspapers and watching the news on television always bought up cars, trucks, and even pedestrians accidents. It has been part of our lives throughout the years.
When I go out shopping at the shopping centre, banks, grocery supermarkets, or catching up on the news from the people I know and my partner’s son about his growing family. It brings recurring reminders of the youngest child and his mother back to my mind; they both died in the accident. I keep reminding myself – life is so unpredictable.
Ah, so relaxing while I pondered on the environment surrounding us. Back to the place we are staying, so peaceful and calming place where there are birds, plants, shrubs and trees surrounding. Our director of the workplace said to me, there is tui out there as she was listening, for she knows I am unable to hear the familiar sounds coming from the birds.
Cherie saw me doing the input on the laptop, and she asked me, “you are not supposed to be working!” No, I am doing the blog to separate from work. Cherie replied that it was fantastic to have a deaf writer/blogger here. It is like a writer’s retreat here where many authors and writers spend their lives doing books and blogs. I enjoy keeping English literacy through my blogs. Because it helps me to continue improving my literacy, enjoying writing/typing stories, blogs and Deaf history.
Life in Eureka 