Time-Out

Hi Everyone,

Yes, I am still here! I was scolded by my Laptop with a TIME-OUT!!

A few months ago the battery decided that it is time to go and left me with using my laptop with the charger. It worked well, until one morning it just went off and I could not get it back to work again. My PC Surgeon took a look, I fierce the worst of course, mother board that’s packed up or something major. Immediately you think oh golly, I did not back up all my documents, will everything be lost? Technology is wonderful, but when it comes to things like this that you don’t really know anything about, it can be quite frustrating!

Luckily, the diagnoses were that the charger has a loose connection or wire, and I need to get a new one! Easy yes, if you have the money to replace it immediately.  So, now we operate with a wiggle here and a wiggle there!! And BEWARE, DO NOT BUMP THE DESK!! Then it is goodbye work, hello time-out!! Sometimes it behaves so well, that I can work a whole day without doing the wiggle-wiggle, but then it can be as stubborn as a mule and doesn’t co-operate with me at all.

So, thanks to my PC I was forced to TIME-OUT and this just before Fathers Day. My daughter, Monique had really great ideas that she wanted to make for dad. We could manage to do the designing, but came Saturday, we were on serious time-out and could not do anything. The wiggle-wiggle did not work!  Shame, poor dad, nothing special for Fathers Day!  I promised her that I will still include everything on my blog as planned.

So, our Fathers Day Ideas presented to you (for next year!)

The next week or so I will be focusing on more food for the soul or daily inspiration.

 As a mom I am going through a bit of an emotional low concerning my daughter. Monique is a performing artist, acting, singing, dancing and modeling is her passion and she is so dedicated and really excels in all of these. She was part of a performing arts studio here in Margate, participated in the National Talent Championships and was chosen last year to go to America to participate in the International Championships. Unfortunately, the cost was R100000.00 for us to attend and we could not manage to raise the funds. This year, she made it through to Nationals again, but her Drama Coach is immigrating to Australia and she had to withdraw the students from the competition. That is all well, but the major sadness here is that there is no other studio offering classes in performing arts. And to make things even worst, we are friends with the coach and her two sons. Monique is like a daughter in their home and very close to the two boys. She is heart broken!!

As a mom you think, OK, this is all part of life, part of growing up. People come into your life and they leave. We have all the precious memories and yes, we have Skype, BBM and e-mail. We can still keep in touch. But all of this does not take away the hurt and sadness!!

So, with that we can still cope. But then as a Mom you start to think about the future of your child, her dreams, aspirations, passion and talent. WHERE TO NOW?  Do you simply give up on those dreams and don’t encourage them anymore? Or do you try to find a solution to the problem? Yes of course, try to find a solution to the problem. In this case, quite a tall order as we live in a typical small town, with not lots of facilities and opportunities. In this case, no other alternative or substitute is available to her.

In order to help pick up the pieces of her broken heart and dreams I need all the inspiration, guidance and encouragement to help make this better for her!