Life Stories

Have you got a story waiting to be heard?

Everybody has a life story. Writing helps when the going gets tough. At first, it is difficult to put those thoughts into words, but before you know it, the words will flow. By emptying our minds of memories, both happy and sad, we will often start to feel better. The sad memories eventually become happy ones as we count our blessings.

More rainbows please

by | 16/02/2024 | Life Stories, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

Symbols of hope They say a rainbow is a symbol of hope. Rainbows are supposed to be a positive sign. They can bring a smile to the saddest person and lighten most people's moods. After my husband died I used to look out for them as I wondered about the belief in...
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Business Lingo- Cars NOT Cows!

by | 04/01/2023 | Life Stories, Real Estate | 0 Comments

The Big Move- 1995 Emigrating to a land at the bottom of the world was exciting if not different. There were many things other than acclimatising to the cold to get used to, but also trying to understand the quick speech and odd sayings of my new country was a...
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Keeping fit for the job!

by | 04/03/2022 | Life Stories | 2 Comments

As a real estate agent it is important to stay fit and healthy! There is nothing worse than presenting an offer with a runny nose sniffling and coughing, or walking up a long flight of stairs showing potential buyers how easy the access is whilst puffing, panting and...
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The things kids say!

by | 20/01/2022 | Life Stories, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

1940's -As an "Evacuee" duirng the 2nd World War I had learned two new words that day. I was an inquisitive six year old evacuee in Wales, and in the care of my foster Aunt Florrie. “What does ‘severe’ mean Aunty?” I queried. “It means ‘harsh’ or ‘really bad’ she...
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Elephants of Etosha

by | 09/12/2021 | Life Stories, Lifestyle | 0 Comments

An occasional grunt or yap of a foraging jackal punctured the surrounding silence. It was early evening and the air was oppressive as we sat mesmerised, taut with the expectation of what we would see of this promised show.  Two floodlights directed from our camp lit...
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Unusual visitors

by | 09/12/2021 | Healthy living, Life Stories, Lifestyle | 2 Comments

The red salt- packed road ran in a straight line up the Skeleton Coast of Namibia. We had left behind the seal colony at Cape Cross a hundred miles back, where the stench of ammonia was so strong, that it brought tears to our eyes, and cleared the sinuses instantly....
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When the penny drops

by | 05/11/2021 | Life Stories | 0 Comments

Doreen tells a story she wrote from many years ago... "Sarah and baby Sophie arrived last Tuesday. What a joy! Sarah had a conference for 3 days, so Sophie was all ours. We had not seen her since February, so eagerly watched and listened and noted her progress since...
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Dear Dad

by | 04/11/2021 | Life Stories | 1 Comment

Dear Dad, When you left so suddenly 23 years ago, it was not unexpected. After all, you had lived each day as it it were your last, ever since Mum died 3 years before. You tempted fate, doing everything you were not supposed to do, and against your doctor's advice....
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If you have a story that you would like to share and you feel that it could entertain others, I will gladly publish it for you on this website. Reading is such a pleasurable pastime. It is like going on a journey with much to explore. Laughing out loud at the written word is a pleasurable experience. It takes our minds off any worries we have at any given time.

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