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I''''ll get the hang of this soon, I think - I keep forgetting to press the SAVE button!! This will be my third attempt at putting in something about my family. This will probably turn out to be as much my story as anything else, so watch this space... I am 52 and my family consists of my husband of nearly 25 years, our three children - 23, 21 and 16 (going on 60). I suppose I can hardly call the older two "children" , but then, they are boys.... We are just a regular normal family - whatever normal is supposed to be. I married my husband in South Africa, (I am South African) where we met and returned to the UK soon after as his father was terminally ill at the time with lung cancer. We have, as all families, had a varied journey so far. Some very good times and some definitely not so good times, but with the grace of God, we have managed to weather every storm that has come our way and I believe we are stronger for it. Perhaps a little wiser too, but for some things, this has come too late. I''''ll tell you a little about myself, because I do believe that there will be some people that I could perhaps help or console because of what I have gone through. Keeping it brief, I was brought up in a strict farming community in South Africa. My parents got divorced when I was three. I have very little recollection of our times together except for times when my dad threw a plate of food as well as a cup of coffee at my mother. I can still clearly see the coffee lines running down the wall. My mother remarried very soon ... |
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Well, Finally it is back to work we go. I now know that I do have a job but not the one I would have liked, but hay, beggars... and all that. Starting the new year off with a training course. Away to the woods for 3 days to learn how to do business planning. I have only been doing the job for 10 years - a bit late I would have thought!! Will be gone a few days, bur speak when I get back. God bless. |
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We have now been waiting since September, and we won't know until, at the earliest, the end of this month, but it may be as late as the 18th Decenter, before we find out if I will have a job next year The problem is that all the pharmaceutical companies seem to be restructuring and jobs are way for and for between, with many reps chasing them. I have gone from thinking I'll be fine to panicky about what I am going to do next year!
Just so frustrating!! |
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I cannot change the way I am,
I never really try,
God made me different and unique,
I never ask him why.
If I appear peculiar,
There's nothing I can do,
You must accept me as I am,
As I've accepted you.
God made a casting of each life,
Then threw the Mold away,
Each child is different from the rest,
Unlike as night from day.
So often we will criticize,
The things that others do,
But, do you know, they do not think,
The same as me and you.
So God in all his wisdom,
Who knows us all by name,
He didn't want us to be bored,
That's why we're not the same
~Author Unknown~
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Some days just seem to be good days and some don't Today?? Who knows? I thought it is about time I added another entry. So her goes.
At work we are waiting to hear about redundancies. Nice timing! Just before Christmas. I don't know what it is with companies who think that leaving this to just before Christmas is fine. They seem to forget that it is people's lives they are messing with. These people all have family and commitments. No time is nice. but Christmas??
Now That I har gotten this off my chest - the day is better! |
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