Special moments

Kristian has spent the day with his dad and family. 

His dad is nearing the end of the road and so the family were gathered together, I joined them after work. It was a special time for Kristian and it meant a lot for him to be able to spend the day there.

His dad is very weak and is sleeping for the most, but in between times they have had some special moments. One of those was when his dad woke up and asked Kristian to go and buy some roses for his mum - Jette. His dad then gave the roses to Jette as a token of his love, but he added that the most beautiful rose was Jette. 

Kristian took a picture of the two of them with their roses and sent the photo to me with an explanation. I received the text and photo while in the supermarket. Well talk about getting emotional. I walked around the supermarket with the tears blinding me. It took me a while to recover. 

His dad´s greatest wish now is to pass from this life unto the next. Signe, Kristian´s sister, asked him a few times today if there was anything he needed - "Yes" he replied "I need to die!" was his answer every time. He is so weak, he can´t eat and he is now on medication for pain relieve. We are all hoping and praying that he very soon gets his wish. 

It really has been a special day together with him and the family. Precious memories.

Silver Wedding....

Saturday we were invited to our friends 25th Wedding Anniversary. The day started at 10am with a music café bruch which meant that there was an open microphone for people to freely go and perform songs or pieces of music, for those of us sitting around eating brunch.


It was a brilliant morning. From 10am to 1pm we were entertained by all sorts of musical talent. It was fantastic to hear all the different types of talent. The silver wedding couple are very musical and so are their families.


My own wee family took part in the performances. Kristian played a few songs on his sax (Henrik - the "groom"  played the piano.) Leah sang a few pieces with two friends from her choir. They did really well. Not only was the entertainment great, the food was great too! I sooo enjoyed the american pancakes with syrup - totally yummy!

We were home from the brunch at about 2pm and a few hours later we were getting ready for the big evening party. We had been invited to that too. So we got all dressed up and away Kristian and I went to that. We had a fantastic evening and once again the food was great. We finally arrived home at 3.30am!! We really are getting too old to be out so late! We were totally exhausted!


I have always said that we would not hold anything for our 25th but after having experienced this silver wedding I could be tempted to hold a party. I have usually been so against doing anything because the Danish tradition is to be woken at 6am by a flock of singing family and friends. The idea of having guests at 6am does not appeal to me. I hate being up so early, but a brunch at 10am - that I can handle! So maybe I should start saving - there are only 3 1/2 years to our silver wedding - scary or what?!!!

A special afternoon....

It has been a special afternoon. 


We went to visit Kristian´s dad. He is going quickly downhill and so we decided we would go in and see him. It was late afternoon when we arrived and a few other of Kristian´s brothers and sisters were there. Suddenly it was a whole big family gathering. Really lovely.


We spent a lovely few hours there with the family and especially with my father-in-law. He was tired and was resting on top of the bed. One by one we went in to speak with him and to say, what might be, our final good-bye to him. It was his wish to see us one at a time and I had a wonderful time talking to him. 


He told me about how his life changed 56 years ago when he met Jesus at Capernwray Hall. We talked about his different experiences with the Lord through those 56 years and we talked about the hope that he had now. He had so much peace and joy and his eyes shone when we talked about heaven and him soon being with Jesus. I told him to give my mum a big hug from me when he saw her - he said he would:-)


He has been such a good father-in-law to me. He welcomed me into his family from day one and has loved me like a daughter. I thanked him for that. He told me to continue to be as crazy as I am! haha He loves my crazy plans and ideas!! hahaha 


So it really was a special afternoon. We all had our special time with him. Andrew and Leah had their time too. (Sara wasn´t able to make it but will be going tomorrow, after work, to spend the evening.)


So we all said our goodbyes to him, yet it was more like we were saying "Johs, we´ll see you again in a little while!" 

Sunshine

The sun is shining and it´s 15 degrees. Wonderful day! I am feeling a lot better today. My sinuses seem to be clear again. I still have a bit of a sore throat and am feeling really tired, but other than that I think I am on the mend. 


Just lying here looking out at the world and thinking about how much I long to be outside. Since before Christmas I have not been out in nature!!! It´s terrible that I haven´t been a walk in the forest, or to the beach or even been to my favorite spot - Heather Hill. In fact I haven´t even been out a walk around the area where we live - how awful is that?!!  At the start of the year I made this deal with myself that I would go out and enjoy God´s wonderful nature a lot more. I would go for long walks and even jogs! HA! I haven´t done one bit of that! 


Life has been sooo busy and I admit, when I did have a free moment I collapsed unto the sofa with no thought of going out. To my defense, it was also cold and dark outside and the sofa was far more inviting, especially with a cola and a kit-kat in hand!! But that is all about to change!! Spring is a coming and with it a new me! (Yeah I know, you have heard that before!) But seriously, I am going to make time for walks! 


I´ll keep you posted on how it goes! :-) 

A little reminder again of the important things in life.....

Update...

So my last post "Poor little old me..." was written while I was waiting on dinner to be taken out of the oven. Kristian had gone to pick up Leah from her baby sitting job. I was lying on the sofa waiting on them to return so they could take the stuff out of the oven. 


Kristian came through the door and look what he had with him....

I laughed and said "Have you read the blog?" (You know the hint I gave him about TLC.) He had no idea what I was talking about. He had however bought me flowers. Leah was late getting away from her job so Kristian used the extra time to get me flowers. Aaahhhh it touched my heart. (The cat was delighted too!) He´s not a bad wee man after all!! haha

Poor little old me....

I´m sick!! I don´t get sick so often but why do I need to get sick right now?!! We are in the middle of moving for our old lady friend. Over the next 10 days we hope to get her moved in.


It all started with an itchy throat on Saturday evening and it has progressed to a full blown sore throat and bad cough.  I think I have an infection in my sinuses. I have such a sore head, eyes and cheeks. I have been treating it with boiling water in a bowl, sitting with a towel over my head and letting the steam go up my nose and down my throat.(Lovely!) It works wonders but only lasts for about 10 minutes!! I have my nose spray too and my hot drinks. I am sore from coughing. Last night I was banished from the bedroom as the night before I kept Kristian awake all night with my coughing. He wanted/needed a good nights sleep. So I slept in Sara´s room as she was staying in at Winnie´s in Copenhagen. I actually slept really well:-)


So I am needing a little bit of TLC! (Kristian - hint, hint!! and in case you have no idea what TLC is...tender loving care!! haha)

I think I might head up to the doctors tomorrow in case I need some medicine. We have a Silver wedding anniversary to go to at the weekend and I really want to make it to that!