tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465911028473949181.post2207815831484393421..comments2023-06-19T20:17:56.884+10:00Comments on DAINERE'S JOURNEY: BACK TO SCHOOLDainerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786931056118877613noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465911028473949181.post-15246377969077744922010-07-22T15:52:11.537+10:002010-07-22T15:52:11.537+10:00I am sorry I have not commented lately! I just rea...I am sorry I have not commented lately! I just read all the posts that I had not yet read and am all up to date again! Work is really tiring...I have to wake at 5:30am to get ready and catch the bus to work. It is really fun though...I love getting to cuddle and play with all the gorgeous puppies, kittens and the rabbits! We have some really tiny Netherland Dwarf X Lop baby Rabbits at the moment. They are so tiny...and fluffy! Sometimes I brush their fur for them so they are always looking their best for potential mummies and daddies! They absolutely love cuddles and will sit on my lap for an hour and get brushed and cuddled! You would absolutely adore them...and we had some beautiful Ragdoll Kittens...They are real lap cats! Speaking of animals, how it Tinkerbelle? Merlin? Paris? Cosima? Our poor big boy Mojo has sore back teeth! We have to take him to the vet. It is so sad because Mini-Lyn passed away a week ago from having problems with her back teeth! I hope he will be okay! He is very brave and strong, but nowhere near as brave as you...I can't think of anyone who is.<br />Sorry we could not catch up during the holidays...we will have to have a coffee one Saturday afternoon or Sunday? Sounds like you have been pretty busy! I hate to hear that you are in pain and cannot sleep well at night. I really wish that I could take the pain, lock it up and throw away the key. You are so incredible...You have such a positive outlook on life and it would probably be a lot harder if you didn't. <br />You are absolutely amazing how you get out there and try to help others rather than sitting around feeling sorry for yourself! I really admire that!<br />Andrew and I love you very much and miss you!<br />Will call you soon,<br />Lots of love, hugs and kisses,<br />Your big sister ~L~ XoX <br />And your Brother-in-law Andrew XoXAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465911028473949181.post-25268738154082668522010-07-22T15:45:44.100+10:002010-07-22T15:45:44.100+10:00Dainere - you've had a busy and tiring return ...Dainere - you've had a busy and tiring return to school... Hope those new electives are exciting. <br /><br />Bonjour mon aimee, comment allez vous? ( good day my friend, how are you?) My french is only basic but I love learning a different language and then trying to communicate with it.<br /><br />I had a friend return from a holiday in Japan, where her husband ended up in hospital and no one in the hospital spoke english. She said it was really hard. That surprised me as I had assumed lots of Japanese spoke english. That's the dangerous thing about assumptions - they can be wrong. <br /><br />I was going to suggest that if someone in your family could read your set book to you it might make it easier, but you were on top of that and had it worked out. <br /><br />Anyway, just wanted to say hi and ramble on for a while. Take care, oh and thanks for the inspiration to have a nice cup of tea. I am just about to make a cup. Have you tried Scottish tea? It's blend I really like, even after having just tried it. Even better than Irish breakfast. Might be too strong in flavour for you though. Not sure, you've never blogged about your tea preferences! LOL.<br /><br />AntheaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465911028473949181.post-47862352414464973652010-07-21T06:39:21.880+10:002010-07-21T06:39:21.880+10:00Hi Daniere,
I just cannot work out how to buy yo...Hi Daniere, <br /><br />I just cannot work out how to buy your book. I have tried a couple of things but so far no luck. Is there a link I am missing somewhere?<br /><br />And I to will now look at the temperature in Canberra regularly, that way I can try and imagine what sort of day you will be having. <br /><br />One of my daughters lived in Canberra for a couple of years and I remember when I would visit how different the seasons were to what I was used to. Where we live further north, we don't have those defined changes in season like you do. I still think how interesting it was to watch the leaves fall in Autumn, they would be so thick on the ground that you could not see the gutters or roads, then the coldness and dark of winter with those crisp clear cold, blue sky days. And some days it looked like snow clouds in the distance, that greeny-grey colour. And as you go outside, the clean sharpness that hits your lungs and lets you see your own breath as a mist (I love that).<br /><br />But then almost on the 1st of September you could see the buds coming on the trees and the days getting warmer. And all the little bulbs that had been planted were getting ready to bloom. <br /><br />It's funny but I still look for the changes up here on the 1st of September but it all just seems to roll into one. And as for planting tulip bulbs and the like - I don't do that anymore as they just don't grow. But what I am going to do this week is go to the nursery and put some flowers in so they will be ready for those first warm days.<br /><br />And going to school... being around our friends and being part of each others lives is something to be treasured and enjoyed. I do so wish for you to have a good nights sleep.Wendynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465911028473949181.post-37324691806304001382010-07-20T18:40:42.737+10:002010-07-20T18:40:42.737+10:00Hi Dainere,
I have just finished reading your boo...Hi Dainere,<br /><br />I have just finished reading your book so am finally caught up on the earlier part of your journey. It seems a very big storm that you are passing through, but I'm sure the rainbow is still on its way.<br /><br />I am a science teacher and as I read your book and blog it amazes me how much science knowledge you have, because of your treatment. You might be missing classes but you would be streets ahead of your classmates in some ways! Perhaps biology will be something you will study someday.<br /><br />I share your frustration in a small way about returning to school. I have been unwell and trying to return to full time work (at a high school) for the last couple of years. At first I thought I'd be back and doing everything within weeks, but the months slipped by... I can still only work part time now. Sometimes its hard to believe how little I'm doing yet, and how far there still is to go. Its not for a lack of trying though, and so I have to accept that it might be another year or so yet. I am sure you want to be back at school quickly and doing the 'normal' stuff that your friends can, but you are on a different journey of your own. Hang on tight to that determination of yours, but don't see it as failure if you have to change your goals a bit along the way to make them more realistic. Be proud of what you are achieving, we can all tell how hard you are working. Really I think that finding small successes along the way and always keeping on going matters more than a goal like being at school full time by a particular time.<br /> <br />I hope so much that you have some relief from the pain soon, it must make every day so difficult. I hope it helps a little to know that your determination and courage is inspiring a lot of other people. <br />Keep finding something to smile about :)<br />JoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6465911028473949181.post-37401918400251433462010-07-20T16:58:00.764+10:002010-07-20T16:58:00.764+10:00Hi Dainere
Sounds like your return to school wasn...Hi Dainere<br /><br />Sounds like your return to school wasn't as you would have liked with all the pain and lack of sleep etc. <br />I am sending you this Irish Blessing (it's one of my favourties) as I think the words are beautiful and particularly apt during challenging times. Hope you like it:<br /><br />Beannacht<br /><br />On the day when<br />The weight deadens<br />On your shoulders<br />And you stumble,<br />May the clay dance<br />To balance you.<br /><br />And when your eyes<br />Freeze behind<br />The grey window<br />And the ghost of loss<br />Gets in to you,<br />May a flock of colours<br />Indigo, red, green<br />And azure blue<br />Come to awaken in you<br />A meadow of delight.<br /><br />When the canvas frays<br />In the curach of thought<br />And a stain of ocean<br />Blackens beneath you,<br />May there come across the waters<br />A path of yellow moonlight<br />To bring you safely home.<br /><br />May the nourishment of the earth be yours,<br />May the clarity of light be yours,<br />May the fluency of the ocean be yours,<br />May the protection of the ancestors be yours.<br /><br />And so may a slow<br />Wind work these words<br />Of love around you,<br />An invisible cloak<br />To mind your life.<br /><br />by John O'DonohueAli Davieshttp://www.alidavies.comnoreply@blogger.com