Lately my life has been filled with busyness. There's been no time to stop and chill and just do what I wanna do.
But theres been some things thats made my heart stop and smile!
- spending a day with this cheeky smile! Kelly Tarltons to Mission Bay, penguins, playground and swimming! Ended in a 2 block walk carrying a sleeping little monkey back to his mum at work after he fell asleep in the car! Spending the day with him made me smile, it made my heart smile and it made me Happy! It made me feel just like I used to around kiddies!
-celebrating a new friends 21st Birthday with a bunch of amazing girls who make my life here bearable! Without you I don't think I could keep on smiling at all! Hanging out with you always creates a nice memory! I love you!
-being involved in McRush's family dinner for Ronald McDonald House, 300 burgers and 70 nugget happy meals were prepared and delivered to RMH for dinner one sunday night. Was so awesome to see how stoked the families were to be getting Maccas!
- Lunch with a beautiful friend from my Hewett House days! Even if she was a tad hungover! Love ya Ash!
- Making the most and having some fun out of Biscuit Season!
-Attempted to learn cafe at work and experiment a little!
In amongst all these fun times and good things that have made my heart smile, my heart has been challenged!
Yesterday I said goodbye to my sister, her Auckland Chapter is officially closed for now. I actually shed a tear as I walked away from her car into my flat. It's official, I'm alone, my parents and brother live 600kms away on opposite sides of the island from each other, and well my sister, her ferry crossing to Christchurch is on thursday and then we're officially in seperate islands again. Last year with her was a challenge, but AMAZING she left home when I was 5 so it was the first time we've lived together that I can actually remember! I miss her already!
I was blessed by uni to get a ticket to Parachute, this meant I also had the opportunity to carry-on down to Napier for a couple days and so I did! It was great fun! I didn't want to leave. And then 72 hours after arriving in Auckland again I got the phone call, someone who I hadn't seen for so long, but someone who knew how to make me smile had laugh had been promoted to Glory.
Only one week earlier had he finally processed my insurance claim which had been lost amongst other things for the past year. Our insurance broker, one of Hawkes Bay's most reputable bussiness men lost his life, he left behind 3 young boys, younger than me and a beautiful strong wife. The part that I found the hardest to comprehend was how they stood so strong at his funeral after seeing him pass right before their eyes. They were so content, like they knew he was in the best place.
Just a few days ago marked the first year anniversary since my 12 year old neighbour, a lively and fun, caring and loveable young guy was taken from this earth, taken way too suddenly and early. After having been his mums rock during her battle with lukemia during the previous year it was such a shock and battle for this tight knitted family to lose such a bubbly energetic man. It reminded me that life is too short to ponder over the little things.
I was also remincing over the good old times at high School, my rebellious days where such a beautiful fun loving chick taught me all the do's and don'ts about successfully rebelling! That beautiful girl had our whole year group in tears the day we heard that she'd been diagnosed with lukemia when we were all so young at HS, how would our tight class cope without her bubbly smile, and cheeky personality to make us laugh was all we could think. Now i owe it to Nikki, such a beautiful chick who I know is watching down on everyone right now! Her strength and beauty is something I admire and I feel blessed to have now had a glimpse at where she was all those years during HS as we slept in our own beds, ate homecooked meals everynight and spent each day with our friends by our sides. We as her classmates were her biggest threat once she was diagnosed. Except for when she was well enough to be in Napier and I passed her on the streets FB was the only place I saw this beautiful chick in the past few years!
Lifes too short to worry what people think, if you've got tears rolling down your face it shouldn't be a matter of someone fussing over you and making you feel like a baby, a simple loving hug and smile never goes astray.
Hug those you love often, thank those who support always, smile for tomorrows worth seeing.
