The weekend

This weekend was rather relaxed again- which is ALWAYS a good thing.

Saturday was our Company picnic. I had a bit of a cold, but I managed 5 Hula Hoop revolutions, a small game of rugby, American football throws (at which I suck!) and some soccer.

Then I went home and just chilled for the rest of the weekend!

This weekend I started thinking..

about friends. You know, I left many great friends behind in SA... My best friends will always be just that and we communicate often, they keep me grounded and sane.

Stories honestly told and deeply contemplated offer us a glimpse of the meaning of our lives.. I would never have had the courage to sit down and write my 5th book had it not been for my good friends... 5th - but the only one that WILL be submitted for publication. I never had the courage to submit any of the others and when I did read through them again years later - I am glad I didn't ha ha.

My poetry can be found online, but I never felt the urge to publish a poetry book.

I talk about it alot more, because my friends are refusing to let me hide in the shadows of any excuses! And I know I will be grateful for it when I am thanking them on Oprah LOL - NO, seriously.. It's been so challenging. With me going back to College later this year - FINALLY deciding what course of study I want to pursue.. and finally having a sense of being settled here - The USA has granted me some more time......

My house back home - is in GOOD hands with my lovely employee Patience (whom I will never cease to thank and love) and my good friends Ingrid and Antonie who are living there and holding down the fort for me! And I think of all these amazing friends with whom my heart is eternally sewn together in a covenant of friendship.. I feel so blessed.

I feel as if the universe has aligned once more and things are calm.. I can now get to the business of writing - my life is off pause and I can move full steam ahead...

Thank you friends.. You mean everything to me.