WELCOME TO WEDNESDAY ~ SWING HIGH, SWING LOW.

Welcome to Wednesday in my little corner of the world where the sun is shining and the earth looking very refreshed after overnight rain.   My lawns were cut on Monday and I swear they have grown some by this morning.

My friend Kristy is free of pain and home safe ~ she took the wings of the morning on a rainy night in Texas and left us ~ she loved rainy nights so it was appropriate that the heaven's wept at her passing.

Kristy

Please hold her family close in your thoughts and prayers - particularly her daughters Addison and Sydney ~ I shall miss this beautiful soul but I rejoice that her pain is over and feel blessed that she touched my life.  Fly Free my friend you were very loved. 

The empty swing represents the empty space in my life ~ but what a beautiful image that is ~ I can imagine swinging over there and dragging my feet in the water and feeling the gentle breezes blow.

I have had a couple of frustrating days with Delivery companies and Government Departments and it has made me tired, but only because I gave in and allowed it to frustrate and upset me.  I certainly became Miss Cranky Pants for a while there but that was yesterday and yesterday's gone.

Some of you are feeling unwell and a little worried while you wait for test results and I understand that very well ~ try to relax and know that it will happen in good time,  Plans may have to be changed to accommodate surgery for some of you and I hope you can "Keep calm and Carry On" until you know the results of your tests.   My love and care and understanding is with you.    Please keep me in the loop so I know what is happening for you.

Our days are shorter and night time comes earlier for us and for my northern Hemisphere friends it is Officially Spring (although Mother Nature has been dancing in your gardens for some weeks now) ~ now it's official no more dance rehearsals IT IS SPRING. 

I hope your hearts can dance with the daffodils and enjoy the glorious awakening of plants and flowers, and I hope you are able to be out in the fresh air and sunshine and do some gardening (or watch the family as they do it.)

I have had lots of lovely mail and cards and my heart rejoices at the pure delight of a letter written by hand and filled with news and beautiful thoughts.  Today's card was full of images of sea shells and  words about the ocean and the shoreline.  A treat indeed.

I have touched base with someone I have missed for a while and today received an Easter card from New Zealand with a picture of the ship that brought my friend and my family and me to Australia and New Zealand.  Memories are wonderful.   Brian and I have been friends for 51 years ~he was 23 and I was 13 when we met on the deck of the "Strathaird" as she pulled out from London's Tilbury Dock on a very windy day in March.

I hope that you have had letters and phone calls and that life is sweet for you ~ it is for me and I hope that wherever you are there is joy in your journey in spite of pain and illness.

Thank you for visiting the Musings of My Heart ~ today a heart filled with letters and memories.

Love and hugs,

Linda. 

No music today - seems to be a problem with the music site.

ANOTHER BEAUTIFUL SUMMER MORNING - welcome to Wednesday

Good Morning and welcome to Wednesday in the antipodes.   We are a world apart from our northern hemisphere friends who still enjoy Tuesday.   The morning has broken quiet and still and with a very overcast sky and I just caught on the radio that rain is to visit us today.   Our very thirsty gardens will enjoy that!

The sun is trying to peep through the clouds and that reminds me very much of life and how when the dark clouds beset us there is often just a tiny ray of sunshine that comes through and as the time moves on the whole sky clears and the sun shines once again.

I had a beautiful day yesterday - filled with love, flowers, music and laughter and I know how very much I am blessed.  I hope your days are filled with sunshine and love.

My cat is lying fully stretched out in the sun and warmth and I can see a gentle breeze playing with her fur - she has a good life.   Eating, sleeping and just being herself.  I just wish she would forgive me for leaving her when I was in hospital.    We are friends again, but she is very careful not to let me know I am forgiven.   Pets can and do bring such joy to our lives and I hope you have the comfort of a pet to give you unconditional love and a warm welcome when you walk through the door.

I have been writing a lot these past days and I wish I could express the joy that it brings to my soul and heart - my writing is the outpouring of a loving and caring heart and the things that touch my life.  I used to keep a diary and write in it daily, but haven't done that for a couple of years and I am not sure I will go back to it.   I do however keep a diary of dates and appointments and it came clear to me yesterday when I checked in there, that there are lots of empty pages where there have been no appointments and that made me smile.  My next Clinic appointment is March 2nd. and that will mean bloods on 27th. February after a three month break.   I am feeling well and quite certain all is going well, but I shall be relieved when the blood test results come in.  These dates mean I have two weeks before I step back on the treadmill of appointments and clinics.   No complaints for me though   - I am alive and well and loving my life.

To those of you who are ill or have family members and friends who are undergoing a stay in hospital I send love and care and hopes for better days ahead.   If you have a loved one in hospital - call them it will make a difference to their day ~ it will keep them in touch with the world and isolation was the biggest issue for me during my times in hospital ~ I just felt so isolated.

Cards and letters and care packages in the mail always bring joy to people and the cards sent to hospitals are always read and reread and shown to visitors - they are very special and do mean a lot.

I have just written two cards to go to two different hospitals on opposite sides of the world and I have included healing hugs in both of them.

I actually like hospital visiting but it something I can't do very much these days because of my very reduced immune system and something to do with hospitals being "germ factories" but telephone calls are easy to make and much appreciated.

Wishing you a day filled with sunshine, love and happiness and a heart that is calm and rested in spite of the turmoil going on around you.  Find joy in the little things and nurture and nourish yourself and your relationships.

Thank you for visiting the Musings of My Heart - a calm and peaceful heart this morning.

Love and hugs,

Linda. 

THANKFUL THURSDAY - AND I HAVE SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR.

Good Morning from a beautiful clear morning in Adelaide - well it was when I started writing to you. Such a lot has happened since I started this about five hours ago.    The sky is still blue, the wind is coming from the north and it is hot a very drying. I have been shopping, posting  a package to United States, faxed some papers for Jenny, been to the Pharmacy and made the girls at the Post Office laugh for a long time.

Pharmacy girls gave me Lindt Chocolate for Christmas.

Home again and shopping away - I decided to check my email and there was an email from Transplant Nicole (my Coordinator) telling me they have received a Christmas Card for me from my Donor Family and that it is in the mail to me now.  I am quite blown away by the kindness of this family at a time when it is the anniversary of the loss of their loved one - they thought of me.  Yes there have been tears but not of sadness - I am totally in awe of the strength of these people and the courage they show and blown away by the Medical skills which keep me alive.

I used to think that I could not go on

And life was nothing but an awful song

But now I know the meaning of true love

I'm leaning on the everlasting arms

If I can see it, then I can do it

If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

I believe I can fly

I believe I can touch the sky

I think about it every night and day

Spread my wings and fly away

I believe I can soar

I see me running through that open door

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

See I was on the verge of breaking down

Sometimes silence can seem so loud

There are miracles in life I must achieve

But first I know it starts inside of me, oh

If I can see it, then I can be it

If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

I believe I can fly

I believe I can touch the sky

I think about it every night and day

Spread my wings and fly away

I believe I can soar

I see me running through that open door

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

Hey, cause I believe in me, oh

If I can see it, then I can be it

If I just believe it, there's nothing to it

I believe I can fly

I believe I can touch the sky

I think about it every night and day

Spread my wings and fly away

I believe I can soar

I see me running through that open door

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

I believe I can fly

Hey, if I just spread my wings

I can fly

I can fly

I can fly, hey

If I just spread my wings

I can fly

Fly-eye-eye

What more could I wish for this Christmas time - my gift is in the mail from a family at a time of grief, yet special enough to reach out to me.   I am overwhelmed.  How brave and courageous they are.

I shared this news with someone very special who shares my joy and marches to the beat of the same drum, then with a  my family  and a Liver group - I had to email them because I couldn't have spoken on the phone for tears and they would have gone into panic mode thinking there was something wrong.   

With all the lovely support I have and the people who love me and care for me I Believe I can Fly and on that lovely happy note I am going to have to catch up on the work that has waited this morning while I cried and came to terms with this news.   There is not a day goes by when I do not think of this wonderful kind man and I am thankful for the gift of "Oliver" who keeps me alive.   The love of friends and family keeps me grounded and safe and the support from people all over the world helps me soar on eagle wings.

I Believe I can Fly.


A Moment of Stillness for today:


At birth,
we are given and angel,
a protection,
a song of courage.
And all we need to know 
is that it is there. 

My love and care to you all and thanks for visiting The Musings of My Heart - a happy, totally overwhelmed heart today.

(No Christmas Music today - don't worry thought Tinselitis will be back tomorrow because I think it is incurable.

THANKFUL THURSDAY - SO MUCH TO BE THANKFUL FOR

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuQDPHneFm4

Josh Groban - Thankful

There is so much to be thankful for.

Welcome to Thursday morning in my little corner of the world and I can't begin to count or relate all the things that I am thankful for.

Sometimes it is the little things - a clear blue sky, sunshine after rain, warm blankets for my bed,  a "Christmas in July card" a long and carefully written letter in the mail, a nice meal with friends and oh so much more.

There are of course "the BIG issue" things which go far beyond our comprehension - those we don't and can't understand and yet we are thankful for them.

I understand the process of organ transplantation but I don't understand the technicalities of it - nor how much can be learned from a blood test.   What I do understand is when I am told that my blood results are all within the "normal" range and I am thankful.

I sit and watch aeroplanes taking off and landing and don't understand how they do it, but they do and I am thankful for the safety of air travel for my family members (who seem to spend lots of time travelling and are off again this evening.)

The coming of spring brings joy to my days, but I don't understand how under the cold and the rain there is growing the daffodils and spring bulbs that will burst forth at just the right time - they understand it and for that I am thankful.

I am thankful for shared cares and the support I receive from my family and friends - the little things they do for me such as arranging things early so that I can get an early night and rest.  Those friends and family who honour me by staying away when they are coughing and full of cold.


I hope you can find things to be thankful for today and every day - make a list of the things that bring gratitude to your heart and share it with a friend.


We have to opportunity to bring special times to people by just a word, a smile or a little kindness and remember to be sure to tell those you love that you do love them.


Enjoy this day - if sleep is on your horizon then I wish you a sweet and peaceful sleep and may you wake tomorrow refreshed and restored.


Thank you for calling by and visiting "The Musings from My Heart" a thankful heart this morning.


Love and hugs,