Reedy Creek was flooded

On the 7th of December 2010
We had to go to town
Appointments to go to
Lots of travelling to get through
Michael's appointment at 11 am
Many errands to run as well
We had to get it all done...
We visited Shelley at her place
Spent the whole afternoon
Then as we were about to leave
She said as she turned around
"Please stay the night with me
I am feeling so very lonely"
So we decided to remain in Adelaide
We got the couch organised
Pillows, blankets and all
Settled down to stay the night 
It was raining heavily: out of sight
We drove home to Sedan
On Wednesday 8th December
We were so totally amazed
At the sights that met our eyes
Roadblocks everywhere
Telling us of the detours
No through road due to flooding 
No way to get back home that way
We had to go across the bridge
Over the River Murray at Murray Bridge
Followed the road to Mannum
On the other side: took it in our stride
Caught the ferry over the fast flowing river
So much water everywhere
We saw sandbags in shop doorways

Mud and mess everywhere at 3 pm

Mannum was such a terrible mess

Amber lights flashing out their warning 

Reedy creek was flooded
The whole road had been washed out
The bridge was completely gone
Covered in tons of mud and reeds
Huge front end loaders working 
Clearing up absolutely everything 
More sadness was to come as we continued on
Uprooted trees, houses full of water
Red sand washed away and brought along
What a mess we found even further on
Mud on the roadways
So much work to clear it up
Destruction from the deluge
Everywhere we looked...
Closer to our home it was worse
Huge tree trunks across the road
Our road was such a mess
Oh I cried out as we drove up
I was so upset and cried again
Opened the door to see the mud
Our carpets were no longer cream
Brown and dirty was what I saw
As I squelched on in...
Utterly distraught I wandered through
My hands flew to my mouth
In fear and trembling I looked around
Wondering at our poor little dogs
Poor Amy and Kia: I thought 
What had happened to my girls?
Thought I could see one body there
But thank God it was only a log
Found the muddy footprints on the chairs
Amy and Kia had sought to climb
Up onto those solid wooden chairs
As the water rose up and up all that time
I thanked the Lord that they were safe
My poor little girls were okay
Amy has epilepsy: terrible fits she has
I had thought she could drown
If she was scared enough and fell
Into those spasms that claimed her
Whenever she succumbed...

Be positive

Trying to be positive
Trying to be kind
To myself and also to
Everybody else all around
You know it is difficult
You know it is a choice
For we all must listen in
To that still, quiet voice
Positivity is a state of character
It is indeed a state of mind
A positivity that accepts
The world as it really is
Makes it so much easier
To get through each and every day
So...be positive...
Be happy...
Enjoy each day as it comes
For tomorrow is not here yet
Those things that we worry about 
May never even come to pass
So why ruin a good day?
With worries that do nothing 
But steal away tomorrow's peace
Enjoy what God has given
Get on with your living 
Praise His Holy name

Baptism gift

From 19th December 1987...

A baptism present from Tim...
Though I wasn't in actuality...

A babe in arms...
I was a babe in other terms...
A baby on my journey with my Lord...

Guardian angel christening box

Precious babe in loving arms
Gift from God above
Christened in Jesus' name today
Received with adoring love

God sends his angels to protect and guide
Just as this little guardian will too
May our heavenly Father do the same
Granting every prayer for you.

Such a precious memory to find today

A beautiful gift box with an angel inside

I looked at it and cried a little you know

For I was filled both with sadness and with pride

A little gift my husband gave me on my special day

This little box I found and opened up today

Brought back so many precious memories 

From that long ago, very memorable day...

Castaway

I need to cast aside my worries
Need to set myself adrift...
Away from this shore: forever more
These burdens I must shift...
I've carried them since childhood
Some burdens I can no longer bear
For they weigh me down: I wonder
How ever did I get here?
Now as I look around me...
Now as I cry again at last...
I realise I must cast away these memories
I must jettison this sad and troubled past
And finally, yes finally, move forward
Towards a new and better future
No longer trapped within my past

Time is like a river

Enjoy every moment of your life....
For you cannot touch the same water twice
Because the flow that has passed...
Will never pass again...

Each minute we must enjoy
Each moment we have to cherish
For: once time has passed us
It will never come again: it perishes

How many times have you forgotten?
To appreciate each and every day
Got on with your living but regretted
You hadn't enjoyed what came your way

Open up your eyes and see
Each and every blessed thing
For once it's over its gone forever
There: only for vain remembering 

Make good memories to sustain you
Please remember all that happens now
For tomorrow 'twill be but a memory
Everything flashes past like driven snow

Perfect fit

Have you ever found?

Two pieces

That fit together?
Like two pieces of a puzzle? 
Perfection: a meeting of two minds 
Two souls: twin spirits 
Spilt apart by time

But rejoined; reconnected
As if they have never been apart

Just breathe

Such a simple thing to say

Not so simple to do it

Just breathe: the correct way

Deeply: smoothly: nothing to it

Yet to breathe as we should

Right into our very centre

Delivers that oxygen

Through our blood: understood

Brings peace and calm

It is such a pleasant balm

Really there is nothing to it