Hi Honeys,
How has your day been today? It's so chilly again and the rain has been pouring down most of the afternoon. Our furbaby Jade is napping in front of the fire in her furry doughnut shaped bed, bless her and I'm sitting on the sofa fighting a losing battle to stay awake too.😊 It seems to be the norm for me recently.
To be fair, I'm not sleeping much. Less than three hours of (broken) sleep again last night, and of course we're running into winter again. Maybe it's the darker nights that make us all a little more sleepy (even if we can manage more than 3 hours a night?)
I've been thinking about kindness most of today, about how much of a difference it can
make. A lovely friend phoned a few nights ago, just
out of the blue. I hadn't had a great day, and that phone call just made such
a difference to my day! (Thank you Ash, you're such a great friend x)
I haven't been a part of the outside world for about a year or so now,
and maybe it's time I was again. I'm too good a hermit for my own good and it's too easy to become stuck in a self enforced solitude from the world. The
longer it goes on, the harder it gets to find your way back again. Then a lovely friend phones and makes you miss the world a wee bit.💖😊
The world still seems quite scary right now. I can't watch the news anymore, all they seem to talk about is the virus and infection rates, or the economy and it's all doom and gloom.
Here's the thing though honeys, it's really not all doom and gloom. There are still so many wonderful things going on in the world, being done by wonderful people, every single day.
Stories To Make Your Heart Smile...💖
Blether Boxes...
A lovely girl called Gaby lost her much loved father last year and to
try to help her younger sister cope with their shared grief, she created
"blether boxes." Blether boxes are made up of toys, books and
worksheets, all designed to help children work through their feelings after a
bereavement.
Gaby has turned her family's pain and loss into something that will not
only help her baby sister but also many other children too. You can readabout Gaby here and here honeys, I think she's amazing.
Henry (13) Saves His Dad's Life By Knowing CPR...
A wonderful boy named Henry has been given a Heart Hero Award by The British Heart Foundation for performing CPR on his Dad when they were out together on a run and his father collapsed. Henry used his dad's phone to call 999 to ask for help and then performed CPR until he could ask a passerby to take over while he ran to a nearby Rugby club to fetch a defibrillator.
Henry had been taught CPR at school and as a member of the Sea Cadets and really was a hero that day to stay so calm and be able to concentrate on helping his father. It really does show how vital these skills are. Henry is only 13 and showed so much courage that day. You can read about Henry and his Dad here.
Student Completes London Marathon With Bone Marrow Donor Who Saved Her Life
A young medical student, Vicky, this year completed the London Marathon with the man who saved her life by donating bone marrow in 2008 when she was only 8 years old. This month they ran and completed the marathon, delayed from earlier this year, together. They ran to promote and raise funds for the Anthony Nolan register, a cancer charity through which
You can read more about these amazing people here honeys and you can find The Anthony Nolan Register home page here.
Time To Change Our Thinking (especially me)
These amazing people and happenings aren't rare honeys, there really are wonderful, inspirational people doing the most awesome things every single day but they're being drowned out by the cacophony of doom-sayers all hoping to convince us all that the world is ending in about 10 minutes.
We need lots of positive thinking and hope and plan making going on to change the atmosphere everywhere. We need to recognise that there are still so many good things happening everywhere around us, we just have to look for them.
Of course we have to be careful but we still have to live honeys, yes even me.😊
It's Holiday Season
This weekend is my favourite holiday of the year and Hubby and I will be spending a couple of hours tomorrow night making up the cutest little Halloween treat bags for any trick or treaters who might visit. Yes, we'll be wearing gloves etc and all of the sweets are individually wrapped. I'm a complete germaphobe and have always done the individually wrapped thing. We have what feels like a mini sweet shop here and will watch a couple of favourite DVDs. I'm thinking The Addams Family (original TV series of course.)
I'm hoping that Halloween is back "on" this year (it was cancelled last year) but if it isn't, Hubby will do what he did last year and take all of the treat bags into work and put them in the break room for co-workers.
It will be the holidays soon and then we'll be into the new year and spring in no time! Only 144 days till spring arrives (yes, I'm still counting 😊)
Till tomorrow then dear ones, when I'll be back with part two of Hubby's photos taken at the Glasgow Vintage Vehicle Trust open day. If you missed part one you can see it here.
Stay warm and safe honeys, hugs always x
Edit: The Universe must be sending me a message to stop hiding away honeys, I have the loveliest friends because I had another phone call. Thank you Miriam💖 you're an angel, love you honey xx
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