Here we are the last day of 2018. This blog will be read in
a day, week, month, year and even five years. As so many of my blogs that get
read today are from some years ago.
So, when you read this, where will you be in life? Who will
you be, where will I be and who will I be?
The odd thing about the end of a year, means the new year
has a whole 12 months in front of us all. What will the new year have planned
for us? What do we have planned for 2019 and moreover, what will we achieve out
of everything we want to happen?
This time next year, will we be proud of where we will be
standing in life? I hope so. I wonder how many more years I will be in the dark
as far as my vision is concerned. Looking back at life, I am not so desperate
for that cure as I was in my past, though if I learned that there will never be
one, I will be devastated. So, this year, we have travelled a short distance to
finding treatment for Retinitis Pigmentosa, my eye disease, but still we are so
far away from anything that will make it so I can look at my Husband, child and
hope for seeing our Grandchildren in the future.
One day
though something huge will happen, may be something will just occur in the lab
by accident and that will be the dream for us all. The end to all kinds of
blindness.
Oh, how life would be so good. What a difference it will
make for us. I would be a completely
different person. I would be free to help those who need it. Just to be able to
read a letter. See a face, look in the mirror, drive a car, get to places with
ease. No stress. Shop for gifts at Christmas without the awful pain of trying
to get people gifts I know they will like. Or hope they will enjoy, without
searching the internet, then getting something that I thought it was only to
learn it’s not quite as good as I thought it would be… I do try to buy gifts
for people that I think they will like, and I get quite a lot of abuse from
some people who quite frankly are plain rude. As my gifts to them are far
better than the ones they give to us. I was brought up to say thank you for
whatever anyone bought me, but this year has shown me a few people who really
were shocking, and at first it hurt as I really did buy what I would call
class, but not to their taste obviously, well next year they will be getting
gifts that will be very simple.
My brother in law was so grateful for his gifts and my
friend Pip was over the moon bless her for what they received. But then there
were others… One day, they may realise just how difficult it is for us to buy
for people. No one bothers to ask us if we are OK for Christmas or do, we need
a hand to buy things? Even when my Son was young. People never thought about
how I managed to get his toys etc.
But hey, he never did without and I have myself to pat on
the back if I can reach, if you think blind people get help from family and
friends, then you are so mistaken. Most of us just have to get on with it. It probably
has aged me, but I guess it has made me what and who I am today.
It’s been a funny year. On reflection. We had a great summer
with our friend Pip. I think she is fantastic and when she wasn’t working, she
gave her time to us and we had some great days out. We laughed lots too. She’s
working now but we are friends forever and I shall see her when she has some
spare time, may be for a coffee and catch up.
I have enjoyed my few days out with my friend B, and managed
to get to some craft fairs this year. I have even been to garden centres. I will
say this, that the garden centres where I now live, are dreadful compared to
where I used to live. This area doesn’t do magical garden centres like
Northumberland and Newcastle do!
Hub has received a huge promotion at work. This has given me
a Husband who is now so very serious. But I wonder if that change will find the
old Hub again once everything gets sorted at work. Right now, there is so much
for him to do. He has work on his mind and the year ahead. He was telling our
Son tonight his job now is much more stressful than his job he did some years
ago. This shocked BW as years ago, my Husband could be in the thick snow of
Canada for a few days, then the heat of South Africa the next day, then France,
Sweden, Norway, Spain, Australia, Japan and back to America before heading to
London for his final meeting. And then home to us. In that time, he would be in
short sleeves and then heavy coats and boots. All within just over a couple of
weeks.
When he was away, he would be dealing with so many different
subjects. Different contracts. I went with him on a couple of journeys, and his
job was very political. He had so much respect and was thought of as very
important, an yet, he says this job is more stressful? I somehow doubt it, I think
it’s because right now he is doing most of the work but when he gets his new
managers in post, then life will start to make more sense. Thank goodness he
has great teams working with him. Also, he’s an old man now, Hahahaha, fifty
now you know, gosh, he is so much older than me….
Stop it!!!!
He said he has had a great Christmas, so hopefully when he
returns to work, he will be ready to start the new year fresh. He is a
perfectionist and doesn’t do half of anything, our boy takes after him for
that.
Talking of our boy, he really doesn’t want to go out
tonight. But sham does. I suggested he should let Shamrock go with her friends,
but he said she won’t go if he doesn’t go out. Hahah. Bless him. She would go
out, and have a great time. Sham knows how to have fun.
She’s coming here tomorrow for her lunch… not too sure
though she will feel like eating. She’s asked me to make her favourite
sandwiches so I shall do that for her… and there is enough cheese for us all to
enjoy. I have loads of vegan food and tarts for Hub as well as loads of snacks.
Tomorrow, the first, is buffet style food.
So, what are you all doing tonight to see the New Year in?
let’s just hope there will be peaceful parties all across the world.
We have sorted out a load of rubbish in our lives this year.
Closed the door to what we don’t need or want. And have only good in our lives
now. still rubbish lingers, but only around the perimeter of life, outside the
fence and they can’t climb over anymore.!
Well six years ago today, when this blog started, I was
amazed to have almost 6000 readers, fast forward six years, we are now up to
354,825
How many of you are here today and were in my first year? How
many of you will be here in six years? In fact, will I, even be here? I have so
many hopes for the next six years, as I had for the past six!
At least now, Hub and I are sorted in life. We understand so
much now that we were just learning about in the past.
I hope you have laughed with me this year and learned
something, as I have. Thank you all so much for your emails and messages. Without
you all, this blog wouldn’t exist. Your shares and contacts have made it
possible. To my Dearest L, you know what you mean to me. To P, and J, I pray
life will show you a new door to open and enter into a new world. To all of
you, make sure your dreams really do come true. That is what dreams are for, to
come true.
Whether you have made a wish whilst setting flames on your
Christmas pudding, or pulled a wishbone and made a wish, whether you have
kissed and wished under the mistletoe or thrown a coin in a wishing well. Whatever
you have wished for this year, I hope it all comes true in 2019.
Happy New Year Bloggets. Best wishes for the new year ahead.
December wishes, to January kisses.
Chat again next year.
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