~HAPPY NEW YEAR~

~Its New Years Eve in Oz....and I sit here refelecting on the year that has gone.

           This year I have spent time learning more about my birth family and talking with another of my sisters Tammy......and while all of this is still a bit like a dream,  I am actually starting to feel more connected with them.  I lost an aunt I had never met,....she was the first person I ever spoke to from my birth family and I will never forget her kindness and compassion towards me at one of the scariest points of my life.  RIP sweet Aunt Rosa ♥

          I had to put my mum in a nursing home this year as she just wasn't coping at home any more.  Its not easy to pack up someones life and downsize it to not much more than a few boxes and a couple of suitcases.  There was alot of memories to deal with and we had to pack up the last of my dads things and give them to charity (that was possibly the hardest thing), and while another chapter in my mums life is over she is now living in a beautiful nursing home that is like a 4 star hotel, with lots of lovely caring people around her and a social calender like she has never had before.   All of that has taken alot of pressure off of myself and my brother, so we are breathing a little easier.

          Its been a tough year with my furbabies having to say good bye to two of them.  First Charlie girl lost her battle with cancer....and then dear little Molly succumbed to the pain of brittle joints and old age. 

          One of the best highs this yeas is I got to watch my son marry his childhood sweetheart and also finding out I am to be a nanny again.  

  Well next year promises to be full of highs and lows again I am sure, and every day I am thankful for those around me, and that I can get out of bed and greet each day with a smile.

      I dont do New Years Resolutions because I think life is tough enough without adding to it....instead I just try to be a better version of myself.

      So from my family to yours......I hope you have a

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...Happy New Year....♥.

~Goodbye Sweet Molly~

I had to say goodbye to another of my furbabies a couple of weeks ago.....dear sweet little Molly was in so much pain and nothing was helping I had to make the hardest choice to euthenaize.  This has been a horrible year in that I have now had to say good bye to two of my precious pets.  It never gets easier but I wouldnt change a minute of the time I had with them.

~Goodbye Molly...Always Loved....Never Forgotten~
November  6th  2002 - November 12th  2014

~Good bye Sweet Charlie~

It is with a heavy heart I had to say good bye to one of my beautiful fur babies today.  She as diagnosed with advanced Lymphatic cancer 3 weeks ago and while we hoped to have longer with her it was selfish of us and today I had her laid to rest.   Goodbye Charlie girl may you rest in peace finally.  I will always miss you.

~In loving Memory~

Only 2 more sleeps until I fly to Melbourne although it might be for naught.  I found out today that dear Aunt Rosa passed away today.  This amazing lady was my very first contact with my birth family.  She was chuffed to find out she had another niece and accepted me with out any fuss and announced quite happily that she was in deed my aunt.  I never got to meet this beautiful lady and I don't even know what she looks like.  I spoke to her several times on the phone and had numerous lovely emails with her (She was in her 80's and emailing....love it) and even though she had plenty of health issues of her own and her husband Dean she always asked after my health, and my hubbies.  I am devastated I never got to meet her.  

My thoughts are with her family at this time of sadness.  

Beautiful Roses for a beautiful aunt.

RIP Rosa

~Much Sadness Today~

Today I had to put one of my dogs to sleep.  It is like losing a child.  He was fine this morning when we got up and then within a couple of hours he could barely walk.  After an examination and a series of xrays the vet informed us he had crushed a disc in his back and the fragments had entered his spinal cord.  They could try operating but the chances of recovery where very slim as he was over 7.  

I couldnt bare the thought of him suffering and so we made the decision to euthanize.   

It was the hardest decision ever.

~Goodbye Cooper~