tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post7922568173097662111..comments2022-11-24T07:28:09.937+02:00Comments on ALLIE CHILLING: Tornallie.http://www.blogger.com/profile/05175208232493745932noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-45967528889848648262009-06-19T08:48:56.429+02:002009-06-19T08:48:56.429+02:00I hope it is how it is supposed to be because othe...I hope it is how it is supposed to be because otherwise there seems to be a whole lot of us that aren't quite "normal"!<br /><br />I totally understand where you are coming from. I so want to do something to help, but I also like the good things but then sometimes feel guilty about them. Lets hope we all find balance.Ordinarylifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06136274266634314394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-86862356459397431032009-06-18T09:54:27.386+02:002009-06-18T09:54:27.386+02:00i feel like that too. but i think me1 makes me2 ap...i feel like that too. but i think me1 makes me2 appreciate all we have. me1 has humility and empathy, and me2 has ambition.<br /><br />just this morning i was driving, thinking about what colour car i should choose. and cursing myself for having 2 personalities. jacki1 is practical and modest, and jacki2 is non-conformist and extrovert. so, do i choose a brownish gold (dust coloured) car, or a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-70734391748157101252009-06-18T08:54:25.010+02:002009-06-18T08:54:25.010+02:00Oh geez, yes!
Yesterday a guy at the robots begge...Oh geez, yes!<br /><br />Yesterday a guy at the robots begged me to buy him soap, toothpaste and body cream (his skin cracking!). I dashed off to do it and then he was gone when I came back. I could never turn that down. <br /><br />I give when I feel its right. And feel like akkies when I cant. I HATE IT.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01682621214434542008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-35347543984911523032009-06-17T20:14:45.368+02:002009-06-17T20:14:45.368+02:00I think most of us South Africans have a bit of a ...I think most of us South Africans have a bit of a tug-of-war going on inside. I SO feel for those who are living in poverty and with violence and hardship a daily reality. BUT having just enjoyed a delicious sushi dinner..... wouldn't want to give that up in a hurry....Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14910101541494674555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-40326055640408622902009-06-17T16:33:39.159+02:002009-06-17T16:33:39.159+02:00I'm familiar with that phenomenon.I'm familiar with that phenomenon.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02414405825215814113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-63959446172809024902009-06-17T11:39:04.694+02:002009-06-17T11:39:04.694+02:00Ah Shayne - I knew you'd get it.
You have the...Ah Shayne - I knew you'd get it. <br />You have the poverty situation so in your face -AND you have a yen for city life. And you've had to deal with all that goes around those things. <br />So I will try to learn from you and go with the flow.<br /><br />Kate, you were born for city life! It was so apparent when you lived in this little dorp.<br /><br />It will be fantastic to live closerallie.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05175208232493745932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-89333915270498123112009-06-17T10:50:40.995+02:002009-06-17T10:50:40.995+02:00Dear Lynette!
I wish I could say I have worked so...Dear Lynette! <br />I wish I could say I have worked so hard for the life that I have but, really, it just landed in my lap.<br />But I get where you are coming from - and will try to "get a grip" :-)<br /><br />Ness: as you say, my friend - probably a Seffrican condition. I feel for you in spades with your triplets.<br />I just hope you ain't gunna hate your emigration triplet in allie.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05175208232493745932noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-10688625384385468652009-06-17T10:06:49.148+02:002009-06-17T10:06:49.148+02:00I loved moving closer to the city - the little tow...I loved moving closer to the city - the little town by the sea is always there and never changes. <br /><br />I say go for it!<br /><br />Then you'll be closer for frequent visits from me :-)<br /><br />...okay, my reasons are selfish...but I miss you! xxKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09380951641630989196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-38378726899543909492009-06-17T08:25:43.414+02:002009-06-17T08:25:43.414+02:00I go thru the same emotions regularly - especially...I go thru the same emotions regularly - especially living where we do becoz the poverty (locations) is right under our nose. But then I just thank God that I have the life and blessing that I do.<br /><br />As M says, they make up you, so embrace them both!<br /><br />And I so understand wanting to live near CT and do lunch/dinner/sushi/cinema noveou movies!Shaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969559339071515618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-71802200027563625332009-06-16T23:13:40.361+02:002009-06-16T23:13:40.361+02:00Allie I have a picture of your twins being your ar...Allie I have a picture of your twins being your arms. As you walk the tightrope of life your left and right arms rise and fall keeping you in a balanced place. Don't fight it, they are the ebbs and flows of you. xxxMerielnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-90346084954931373762009-06-16T18:35:56.259+02:002009-06-16T18:35:56.259+02:00You have just described in perfect detail, the gre...You have just described in perfect detail, the great white dilemma.<br />Such is life in Africa. I think I may have triplets inside...Gawd help me! (me 1 & 2, plus me 3 who is emigrating)Ness @ Drovers Runhttp://www.droversrun.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3962496983614459545.post-39311084023358796132009-06-16T17:26:43.274+02:002009-06-16T17:26:43.274+02:00This is how things are!
Don't feel guilty...r...This is how things are!<br /><br />Don't feel guilty...remember many people are in a bad place through choices they made all by themselves. As for the little old beggar...he is most probably earning a pension and chooses the streets.<br /><br />When we started in ministry we drove up Kragga Kamma (millionares Row) road every evening to our home and we felt condemned because we live in Lynette Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00008748483680810943noreply@blogger.com