Footprints for a Friend

One night I had a dream--

I dreamed I was walking along the beach with the Lord

and across the sky flashed scenes from my life.

For each scene I noticed two sets of footprints,

one belonged to me and the other to the Lord.

When the last scene of my life flashed before me,

I looked back at the footprints in the sand.

I noticed that many times along the path of my life,

there was only one set of footprints.

I also noticed that it happened at the very lowest

and saddest times in my life.

This really bothered me and I questioned the Lord about it.

"Lord, you said that once I decided to follow you,

you would walk with me all the way,

but I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life

there is only one set of footprints.

"I don't understand why in times when I needed you most,

you should leave me."

The Lord replied, "My precious, precious child,

I love you and I would never, never leave you

during your times of trial and suffering.

"When you saw only one set of footprints,

it was then that I carried you."

LYLAS

 

Busy Birthday Bash-ing

Sorry for lack of posting. I have has a huge birthday weekend. Alas, I have no photos to show for it. Or so I thought....

I just found this on my phone. This I believe is a photo taken by breasts (Nigella and Winona) while using the bathroom at the dinner party/games night my friend K held for me on Saturday night. See there is K's shower in the background, and I was wearing black, those hands look short and stubby and the glint in the top right corner could easily be my phone. As I rarely wear garments with pockets, I have a tendency to use what god gave me for storage. I have no recollection of this moment ever happening though. At least there is one surviving remnant of my 25th birthday. Oh the memories .... of washing my hands...

I also have some weekend outfits to post but this will have to wait until I, A locate the battery for my camera to upload them and B, regain enough mental capacity to post them.

I have managed a reworked outfit repeat today. As my entire wardrobe in currently adorning my bedroom floor this was the only thing that was in hands reach and did not require ironing (have I used this excuse before?).

However, as I am now old, I am having hot flushes, (can anyone explain why the yanks call them “flashes”??) the said dress needed to be taken off for a while. I was just walking around with the sleeves hanging down but then I had a brain wave to tuck them into the skirt and ta-dah, a new outfit is born… Until the flush goes away and I start freezing my arse off again.

Please wish me luck for my weigh in tonight. I have eaten sooo much and exercised sooo little this week. But you only turn 25 once right? I will be ok with putting on anything up to 1.5kg. I say this so I will be happy with my result when I don't put this much on. I will probably gain more though, given last two weeks have freakishly lost and then remained the same. Oh well I feel good about myself at the moment (bar the little incident at Supre but I am using my aging memory to suppress that one) so that is all that matters right. There is always next week....

 

Bloody Blogtastic

So my dear best friend slash housemate slash all around awesome girl has a blog too. You may have seen it in my favourites but if you haven’t take a look here.

Her blog is a book review blog and her last entry (there are only so few at present because she has been studying for exams and she constantly has me breathing down her neck to study :-)) was about one her favourite authors, John Marsden. Linda has had to go through some pretty hard stuff in her life and John was one of the fellows whose work has helped her through it.

Anyway, she did this beautiful heart-warming review on his books and guess what?? BLOODY JOHN MARSDEN READ IT AND COMMENTED ON IT!!!

How freaking exciting is that. There was jumping, there was tears, there was screaming. There was all around merriment. It may have made it a little hard to study for today’s exam. Like how I talking like I had John comment and I am studying?? Haha, that how close we are, me and her.

Thanks Jess for letting John know about Linda’s blog. You are such a great friend to her :-)

Thanks John for making my friend smile and brightening her day (hmm, life ).

Doesn’t he just look like a great guy.

And thanks LooLoo for being you. Brave, strong, intelligent, funny and loyal. LYLA. Now, back to study... No wait you have finished. WOOHOO.

Is not the this blogosphere we find ourselves in a wondrous thing?

Fi

 

Pic courtesy of theblurb.com.au