Heritage
11 September 2018
Sad to search for photos with my Mom.
Biggest recognition to my parents.
I am who I am thanks to my parents.
They have amazing story and beautiful life to show. Like almost all of my aunts my Mom was a nurse, and my Dad a policeman, like almost all my uncles.
Both Legends in they’re own right.
Humble beginnings. My Mom set incredible example of entrepreneurship and had great heart for evangelism.
Childhood memories of growing up as a policeman’s child, set incredible foundation. They looked for every opportunity to have a party or braai. Welcoming, farewells, kitchen tea’s, stork parties, Christmas, New Year, visiting officers and all the new, young policemen often eat at our house.
I am now guessing my Dad was much like my husband, or rather, I married a husband much like my father, same personality type. The more the merrier. My Mom supported my Dad extra-ordinarily, yes, hosted stock car events and cooked meals for up to 200 people.
It was in that time my husband came into our lives, at a peak of successful life then. By the time we got married, my family fall on hard times and my Mom and sister worked very hard, to cook delicious food for our wedding. People are still talking about her “afval en wildsvleis”. (Tripe and vension.)
My Mom CAN cook and make beautiful clothes!
Having five children, brought out the entrepreneur in them and the end of my childhood we had the privilege of experience the apple industry and transport business.
Now having the foundation of how the police force operate, Christmas parties was a big thing.
Every year end my Mom sponsored Christmas party for the Grade 1-3 Primary school kids in Ravinia (township next to my childhood hometown) gifts and all. My Dad often took me with when taking the workers back to the township. As child I was surprised that they’re houses in the township we’re very neat, tidy and beautiful.
There he taught me to never ever judge on appearances.
My Mom is a workaholic. It often felt like she care more for the employees than for me. (Apparently some of my other siblings felt the same.)
However, unconsciously and universally, we all have the same objective, to work hard to provide for our children.
(My kids probably feel the same, as I follow my Mom’s example. And I only understand now why my Mom was that way.)
So the person I am today, is with tremendous acknowledgement to my parents who’s genes and example, shaped me.
I am friendly with everyone, like my Dad, but tough like my Mom. Nothing gets them under and both of them have big hearts for upliftment.
This past year has been extra difficult. Despite of my Mom’s stroke and heart attack, she calls me everyday.
I don’t only mourn my husband, but also the nice routine I had to visit my parents at least once a week.
Praying that I will have that opportunity soon again to get back in routine.
11 September 2020
Happiness shined on our faces, when my husband and mother was alive.
My husband and my Mother also had so much in common.
Everything our family have, we greatly owe to my Mom’s genuis mind and entrepreneurship, hard work and will power.
Everything my children and I have, we acknowledge my mother-in-law, husband and his sisters.
I am always striving to keep the legacy and protect our heritage.
30 December 2022
Well, you know…
That blog of Hope has been delayed yet again.
Instead, I started with this blog and I can’t really pin point what it is - the message God wants me to really share exactly.
My heart is breaking in pieces for so much hurt.
Hurt in families! Broken which feel beyond repair or reconciliation.
I pride myself for taking good care of inheritance pieces of my grandparents and my late husband’s family.
5 years and 4 months today since he passed away.
I am exhausted to live with a dead person. My children finding it very hard to let go of they’re late father’s earthly, material possessions.
Which are completely understandable. However, I needed to have let go already a long while back. I need to live and move forward, and I have never been a person for material possessions.
You can take nothing with to heaven.
“Before I shaped you in the womb, I knew all about you. Before you saw the light of day, I had holy plans for you” (Jeremiah 1:5a The Message)
Looking back over a life that feel stolen from me, all the hurt!
They say you can’t blame, because when you blame, when you point your finger to accuse and blame someone else, 3 fingers point back at you.
I feel so sick with guilt, to think I was and am part of the problem.
But then;
“But now he has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—”
Colossians 1:22 NIV
I wish I can undo all the hurt, all the mistakes if the past. Not only for my family, but for everyone.
I want to scream and shout to people, stop your nonsense!
What does these things matter!
What does it matter? Why can’t you just have a little bit more grace, acceptance and tolerance for each other’s differences.
I am just so tired of all the pretences.
Don’t wait for someone to be ill or die to pull together, and then after a while drift apart.
Help each other. For heaven’s sake, get over yourselves, communicate, leave space for differences and don’t force your ways on another household.
STOP JUDGING!
Please, pray and pray for generational curses to be broken off.
Start to value people, time and memories over money, earthly, material possessions, status or whatever.
Please, just have a heart. I am preaching to myself too.
My pride, my ego, my own self often got in the way, and still do sometimes.
Value each other’s souls!
May we all turn over a new page in 2023 and strife to live with an eternal heritage mindset.
Love,
Daisy
PS:
As always, excuse the mistakes. I have OCD, but I am not a perfectionist..
Still a work in progress. (Always & Forever)
Please contact me with any advice on how to improve. :) )
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DISCLAIMER:
These are my thoughts based on the story and testimonies of my life story, to whom I give God all the glory for. I respect people of all walks of life and all religions. However, I choose to believe and stay grounded in God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Make your peace now.
None of us is know if we still have tommorrow.
