I will continue to add to this blog when I feel I have the energy or inclination to do so.
My days are quietly at home resting due to Chronic fatigue syndrome and Fibromyalgia. I spend time with my 4 fur babies and after all the years of stress , trauma and uncertainty, I am happy to be quiet at my home. Watching TV which I hardly ever watched and pottering in my garden. I have made the peace for myself by making better.💙 choices.
Thursday, 8 September 2016
FRIENDSHIPS LOST
The years 2006 till 2016. lost 4 dear friends from cancer and it was awful, I miss Leni, Pat, Des and Dee. To be continued...
2011 ISRAEL HERE I COME.
In 2011, I was lucky enough to go to Israel for 6 weeks and it was paid for by a friend yet again. I had a great time in Israel and will comment on that also in the near future.
MAWANDAS ARRIVAL APRIL 2008
Eventually Mawanda got a fiancee visa to come to Australia April 8th 2008. It was so nice meeting him again after 18 months of meeting him in Uganda. We met at the airport and came home to my place. We of course talked for hours and then became the journey of culture shock for Mawanda. We planned our wedding for the 31st of May 2008 and we had a beautiful day with friends who helped with the wedding and they too have vanished . Why people do this I dont know so it was myself and Mawanda alone. It was quite tough with different values and Mawanda not handling money very well. He however got a job after 3 months and has worked ever since. He is now a foreman. We broke up once and got back together. But due to finances we split up in 2015 as I had gone bankrupt in 2011 and Mawanda was still not handling money well. So we are now seperated but he visits me every weekend and does allot for me. He still wants to get back with me but that would take allot for me to do that now. I enjoy my own company and dont have all the hassle with money that he still has . I rather have it the way it is now. A friendship and carer for me. He is not interested in meeting anyone else. He doesnt, drink or smoke or going out socially. He is social phobic and just visiting myself is his outing, He enjoys talking the dogs he loves out for a drive or a walk. So thats where we are now September 2016. I feel at peace now.
MEHTAL HEALTH GROUP I HELPED RUN. 2000 to 2006
Before I go into the next story of Mawanda and myself, I helped to run a mental health group from 2000 to 2006 and it was nice to meet people who had mental health issues and yet they all abandoned me when I went to Uganda with other friends also. Very sad. But from the mental health group I began to have a stalker and this young man kept arriving at my door and sending me mail. I got very scared and had to have the police involved and my phone number changed and a restraining order. He did it again when Mawanda arrived 8th April 2008. So he got involved and thankfully he has not been in touch sinse. I helped this young man out and he got obsessed with me. So I learnt a lesson and wont do that again.
HOPE AN ANGEL
I am not sure if I repeat myself but if I do I am sorry. At 70 years old it is hard to remember.
When I got back to Australia after meeting Mawanda in Uganda I had culture shock myself and found myself feeling guilty when eating good food. I had put my story on to a blog I can no longer find but some one read it and I got an email from a complete stranger from USA who wanted to buy the air ticket for Mawanda to come to Australia.I at first thought it was a scam of some sort and was very scepital about it.
But one morning I woke up and there was an email from Hope telling me that there was something for me at the Post Office. I went there and low and behold there was $2000 in cash with a message from Hope saying hope you have an engagement and happy wedding. I just cried and could not beleive it. That was the beginning of all the hassle of getting Mawanda to Australia. I had to borrow money on credit cards for the visas that had to be paid. But I was so thankful to Hope for her caring spirit. Hope and I got very close and were in contact nearly every day.💜. One day soon after Hope phoned me to tell me she had been attacked and hurt very badly by her daughter. Details I will not go into. But Hope was badly hurt. She was in hospital for a few days and her daughter was in a security place? I felt so so shocked and sad that this had happened to such a caring person. In November 2007 Hope came to visit me for 6 weeks. We got on so well and not a cross word the whole 6 weeks. It was like we were soul sisters. We had a nice time together. Hope was in contact with Mawanda and yet they have not met yet? Hope also came to court to help me get Mawanda here and we won the appeal. I felt sad to see Hope go home. I love her very much.💚 and we are still in contact.
When I got back to Australia after meeting Mawanda in Uganda I had culture shock myself and found myself feeling guilty when eating good food. I had put my story on to a blog I can no longer find but some one read it and I got an email from a complete stranger from USA who wanted to buy the air ticket for Mawanda to come to Australia.I at first thought it was a scam of some sort and was very scepital about it.
But one morning I woke up and there was an email from Hope telling me that there was something for me at the Post Office. I went there and low and behold there was $2000 in cash with a message from Hope saying hope you have an engagement and happy wedding. I just cried and could not beleive it. That was the beginning of all the hassle of getting Mawanda to Australia. I had to borrow money on credit cards for the visas that had to be paid. But I was so thankful to Hope for her caring spirit. Hope and I got very close and were in contact nearly every day.💜. One day soon after Hope phoned me to tell me she had been attacked and hurt very badly by her daughter. Details I will not go into. But Hope was badly hurt. She was in hospital for a few days and her daughter was in a security place? I felt so so shocked and sad that this had happened to such a caring person. In November 2007 Hope came to visit me for 6 weeks. We got on so well and not a cross word the whole 6 weeks. It was like we were soul sisters. We had a nice time together. Hope was in contact with Mawanda and yet they have not met yet? Hope also came to court to help me get Mawanda here and we won the appeal. I felt sad to see Hope go home. I love her very much.💚 and we are still in contact.
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