Gift from Hawaii

On Friday we received in the post the 'Love Book' that we send back and forth to Leah so we can each write our thoughts and things that we are up to in. In the parcel Leah had also sent two string of shells that I have put around each of my lamps. Aren't they cute?

Empty Nest

Well today we said Goodbye (or see you soon) to Jarrod, Danni, Aidan & Archer. Well with Leah & Nathan living in Hawaii and now Jarrod living in Wangaratta, I feel like all my children are leaving the 'Nest'... Not a very nice feeling, but I do love them all very much and only hope that one day they all may come back to Barwon Heads to live.

I think Steve must have felt very sorry for me today because he bought me a 'Willow Statue' called"Healing Grace" - May a quiet strength bring you grace.

Children Leaving

Tonight the family had dinner together, as Jarrod & his family are off to Wangaratta to live. (I hope they don't like it and come back..) They have decided to give Wang a try as Jarrod is no longer fishing. Well I have just lost Leah to Hawaii and now Jarrod to Wang. Not the way I had hoped things would have turned out, but I can't keep them tied to my apron strings forever I guess, although I would have liked to. I do hope all goes well for them all though, and I will still love them all. I will miss everyone terribly and especially Aidan and Archer. They grow up so quickly as it is, let alone when we don't see them as often as we would like. We hope all goes well.

My Statue

This is my statue of 'Mother & Daughter' that was given to me from my beautiful daughter Leah before she left to go to live in Hawaii. I also gave her one. It just shows our love for each other. I Love You Leah.

Leah & I at her Farewell Dinner at 'Barwon Orange'

My Daughter - Leah

Boy, Leah sure does know how to make her Mother cry. I just read a post she put on her Blog "Button by the beach".. What a beautiful piece she wrote. Well it does make you feel very proud of what she wrote. It makes you stop and think...."Well I didn't do too bad of a job of raising children after all". I have just realized that she must feel the same about me as I have always felt about my mother. The only thing is that my mother is no longer around for me to keep telling her how much I Love her. But I know when she was here that she definately knew how much I loved her. We did everything together, and I saw her all the time, so when she died when I was 5 months pregnant with my 7th (and last) child I was absolutely devastated. I felt very sad that she would never get to meet this baby, her grandchild. And yes, she was My Very Best Friend.
Always tell those close to you just how much they mean to you..I did, and I am just so grateful for that.

Leah, I Love You so so much x x x

My First Post

I thought I would start up a Blog to coinside with Leah moving to Hawaii.
I can't believe our baby daughter has gone away so far from home, when she could not even stay the night at the next door neighbours as she missed her family.
Boy how times change.