Thursday, April 22, 2010

Blah….

I’m sick and wallowing!

That is all :)

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

Dream a little dream…

Okay so I had this dream last night and just had to write it all down.

I was in Grade 12, I knew this because I had a Grade 12 jersey on.

I was with a group of friends when we stumbled across a little laneway we didn’t recognise.

We walked down it and found a school called “All Saints School”. I saw a guy standing against the railing, his name was Dan – he had a badge on. I’m pretty sure he was the school captain.

We were about to walk away and he said “Wait, Naomi, I have something I need to tell you.”

I said, “You don’t know who I am, why would you want to talk to me?”

He said, “I don’t know, I just have to”.

So I walked back over to him

He said, “I need you to go into that room over there and speak to the Grade 7 girls inside”

He told me they are bullies, always harassing each other, they name call, have low self esteem, hate themselves, are rude and don’t care.

He said, “No-one can get through to them but you can.”

I walked up to the door and the teacher answered and asked who I was.

I told her and she let me in

The classroom was filled with girls of all shapes and sizes. It was loud and crowded and smelled of sweat and perfume.

Girls were yelling at each other and bullying etc…

I tried to speak over the top of them. The teacher told me she never makes them quieten down when she is talking.

In the end, they did settle down.

I started talking to them about relationships, bullying, harassment, self esteem, depression, anxiety. It was all just pouring out of me like it was the most natural thing in the world.

I felt power when speaking.

I felt confident, I walked around the desks with confidence.

I spoke with authority and confidence.

The girls then all stood up and made a circle around me while I continued talking.

The circle wasn’t threatening, it was comforting and accepting.

In the end I said to them, “I want to leave you with this quote - Make your words soft and sweet, because some day you may have to eat them”.

I was trying to tell them that words have power for both yourself and others.

Then I woke up and felt such calm and steadfastness in my spirit…

That’s what I want to do in the future. I want to work with young girls and explore all these issues. Perhaps my dream of becoming a chaplain is the right thing….

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Morning greetings

This morning when Bella woke up she greeted me at the cot with….

“Piggle please mummy thank-you!”

It just made my morning :) I have such a grown up girl with lovely manners!

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Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Celebrations

Easter was such a lovely time of celebration with family and friends. Allowed me to reflect on new life and His gracious love and mercy.

I ate far too much chocolate and way too many hot cross buns! I need to get back to my normal diet now and get back on track!

We also celebrated Abrahams 30th birthday last night! We had a joint BBQ with our friend Josh who turned 27 a couple of days ago :) We had many friends and family around for a lovely evening! Josh and Rach bought the Wii and it still happens to be sitting on our TV cabinet! It’s been fun playing it with Abraham.

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The lent it to us because we have gone on a television fast. We are starting off slowly and only doing it for a week, but that may change come Sunday! I have the TV on during the day just because! It is noise, and I watch it out of boredom, habit and also pleasure. I’m sure Bella would happily sit in front of it all day if I let her!

So, we started on Sunday afternoon and I haven't really missed it. I have been getting up to turn it on though and then realised I cant!

Bella has a cold at the moment, well the cough has gone, but the runny nose remains. Its funny seeing her trying to blow her nose! She ends up blowing through her mouth. Funny girl!

Abraham and I are heading up to Melbourne on Thursday morning so I can go to a group meeting with some other ACOM students. We meet 4 times a year.

Anyway, that's about it I guess. Oh, and I finally managed to book the car in to get fixed after my accident! It wont be until the 27th of April, but at least it gives us some time to save up the excess!

Oh and I just have to share a photo of my gorgeous girl from Abrahams party yesterday

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