Wednesday 14 July 2010
Sunday 11 July 2010
Time to get blogging again!
It has been quite sometime since I blogged on this site. Life has been quite manic with running several home businesses. My fathers ill health meant it was much more difficult to keep up with the blogging. It was far more important to make my father's last days much more comfortable and I wanted to spend as much time as possible with him. He finally slipped away from us on 15th June very quietly having put his house in order. He was 89 and was a fantastic husband/father/grandfather/great-grandfather/friend/local preacher/ Rotarian . So many people loved him that when he passed away the tributes started pouring in - so many cards, letters, texts, facebook messages etc - It was so uplifting for us as a family to know our dad had been such a popular man . We planned a service of thanksgiving for his wonderful life. On my mum's and nieces birthday - 1st July and what a celebration it was! The church was packed with people from home and abroad and from every part of his life. The memories of that day will live for a very long time. He had always told me it had to be bright clothes and very cheerful hymns/songs and so it was.
Today I was in church for the first time since the service of thanksgiving (and none of the immediate family were there today) and was a little apprehensive but then realised I was surrounded by the wider church family and as it is such a friendly congregation at Ryde Methodist church I needn't have worried.
As I write, I sit looking out of my home office and have a beautiful view across the Solent to Portsmouth. The sun is shining and there are lots of boats out . - It is such a pretty picture -
It is now time to plan for the future. I have to decide what to do next. With several home businesses to promote (all fairly new!) there is much work to be done. As my sons teach me more about the world of facebook and twitter - I am making many more connections on the world wide web and catching up with many past friends.
I look forward to making many more connections -
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