Category Archives: Memories

” Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of your hand to do it.” Proverbs 3: 27 The “tall” swing!The swing liftingThe body singingThe mind bending on some childish problemFlying highSailing low clothes caught in the rush of airHanging onMovement strongThe tall swing in full use!Continue reading “Dresses and a tall swing”

Let nothing be done through strife or vain glory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem the other better than themselves. Philippians 2 : 3 My mum said at different times, different things about my face. These are the ones I remember. “Your face is heart-shaped. Your hair is thick, you are so lucky.Continue reading “Memories of what I looked like at about 6 years old.”

Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts. Colossians 3 : 15 A house that grew out of an outcrop of rocks on top of a hill. This was my first school. The building material as natural as when it was created, lay scattered around it in the form of one enormous natural rockContinue reading “Memories of my first school!”

“Peace, peace, to those far and near,” says the Lord. Isaiah 57: 19 I guess you need to know that dogs have always been a part of my life. Each one has held a little of my life in their paws. Memories without them are almost impossible and important times are linked to them. NowContinue reading “Fatzo and Bonzo. Two fondly remembered dogs. Be warned. A little sad.”

Love prospers when a fault is forgiven. Proverbs 17 : 9 It was the way Dad was walking.  His feet splayed out like a duck and in his arms, with one hand carefully supporting the bottom, was a large,  brown, cardboard box. Then I noticed the box had a life of its own.  It shudderedContinue reading “An asked for gift ( memories of a young child)”

The Lord your God is living among you. With His love, He will calm all your fears. He will rejoice over you with joyful songs. Zephaniah 3:17 It wasn’t that I set out to find my gift it just happened. Returning home from school Bonzo leapt up to greet me and in our shared excitementContinue reading “A discovered gift”

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven: … A time to love and a time to hate. Ecclesiastes 3: 1, 8 Was it just my Teddy?Or was it my first love?It was what I cried forand wouldn’t go to sleep withoutWas it just a comforter?Or was itContinue reading “Memories of my relationship with my Teddy: Was it just my Teddy?”

Do not boast against the branches. But if you do boast, remember that you do not support the root, but the root supports you. Romans 11:18 NKV Walking into an empty house which was to become our home. My eyes focused against the bright sunlight to see a paper Christmas bell. The ones that openContinue reading “My earliest memories…”

I once asked a Lady Hospital Chaplin the question: ” How do people die?” Her reply was rather quick: ” The same way they live.” So I start my autobiography with these simple sentences: I want to die graciously not wanting more time nor regretting what I have had. I want to die in theContinue reading “My autobiography in 433? words. Starting with a definite unknown date and ending with a known date.”