27 May 2017

Very,very impressive service at Imperial Ford George.

Wednesday night, driving from Jeffreysbay to Tergniet, I had my doubts if it is really worth the while to go through so much effort, sacrificing ONE precious day of 2.5 days my husband took some of his annual leave.

He didn't even had time to shave, and I thought, o yeah, these people are going to see us coming, farmers from the countryside, walk all over us and maybe rip us off, like we feel about many of our previous car finance deals. Went to sleep at 11, woke up at 5:30 on our "holiday" to have vehicle in for service 7:15. (To early for this homeschooling Mama!)

YES, YES, YES it was absolutely worth it.

First of all, after starting to deal with the salesman for new vehicle for trade in the previous week. Right from the start very friendly service, listened to our wish list, quick reply with prices. They miraculously managed to get us appointment to service our one vehicle due for big service, they can see our vehicle for best trade in price, and we can see what they all have available. After 5 Star plus service, with really the best advice for trade in and no smearing of a vehicle just for a sale, we we're handed over to very efficient lady for the financing.

My goodness, in all our 16 years of marriage, we've never had such a joyful experience buying a vehicle.

NOTHING is too much trouble for these people, and my husband is DIFFICULT with vehicles. They gave great service with a smile, came back to us promptly even after we left the dealership. Everybody in that building and company work together with each other, like family and they made us feel like VERY Important and VALUABLE Clients. Fought the interest rate down without us even asking!!!! In this day and age, I can only thank God for such nice honest and sincere people.

I can really recommend Imperial George, they absolutely go the extra mile. Friendly, Fast, Efficient and very Professional service. Right next to George Mall to keep us busy while we waited for our vehicle to be finished with service.

After months of googling and research, not as we planned for Toyota vehicle again originally, but we can not wait to get this beautiful Mitsubishi ASX next week. All the glory to God for divine favor.

(This was 3 months before my husband passed away suddenly 30.8.2017. And sadly 3 months after his death, we had an accident and this beautiful car was written off, but we we’re all miraculously unharmed. I really loved that vehicle!)

27 May 2021

This memory.....The timing!!

Monday, our Ford Everest finally broke very serious.

Yesterday, I called my hometown Toyota dealer, couldn’t get salesman to talk to and ask if they have a website for 2nd hand cars. The first car on the website is a silver Mitshubisi ASX, just like we had. And now today this memory.

All this, while last night’s Alpha online session, continued from the weekend about the Holy Spirit, but last night specifically about signs from the Holy Spirit......

I can’t sleep, our Ford Everest is not just a car, it is family memories. At the moment it is still full of mud from going to the farm. Very dirty and feels like a reflection of my soul.

Broken, full of dents and bruises and I am praying for miracles that it can still be saved. And I am so sorry. I am sorry for taking emotional decisions and trying to cling on as much as possible to the life I once knew, when my husband was alive.

Maybe you will never understand, before you haven’t lose anyone as significant as my amazing husband. However, in the end it is not only about sentimental reasons, but there are a lot of other factors too.

My husband ruled, he made all the decisions and he was very particular about vehicles, in our specific circumstances.

Anyway, it feels like I am making mistake upon mistake. By now I feel exhausted from taking care of things alone. As we reached a point again, Monday, to finally been able to go the the farm again and sleep over there for the first time in over 7 months, taking the dogs; so happy and excited and then bad luck again!!!

I can only trust in God, that this too will work out for the best. Not only is our car very dirty, but our guesthouse on the farm is right in the middle of clean up!!

It feels like a mess, YET, we still have so incredible very much to be thankful for.

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15 June 2021

My first car was a Toyota Corolla, when we married my husband drove a Toyota Corolla. Together we purchased 2 more brand new Corollas, a Rav4 and last new car together was our beloved Ford Everest.

The 2nd hand vehicles we had, we’re very bad luck, but the very last 2nd hand car we bought together, a beautiful Mitshubisi ASX was the only one with a touch screen AND sunroof. (He joked about it, and said it is especially for me, so that I can look at the stars while driving with him. Because of his work hours, he saw the stars a lot anyway.) All I ever wanted to do, was look at the stars with him and my most horrible regret is that I often said, you are going to die before ever looking at the stars with me.

Be so careful what you say!!!! I had to work through tremendous guilt dealing with thoughts that I am responsible for my amazing husband’s death. My only comfort is that it is lies from the devil and that only God has the final decision who live or die. Nothing can bring him back now.

My husband googled a lot and decided my dream car is a Mitshubisi Pajero Sport. He knew me so well. One day, I hope I can afford that. Or I actually can afford it, but so many things to consider. I had to stick to common sense now, to make reliable and trustworthy choices.

My son was too little to remember much. So after all the excitement last week, to receive a beautiful brand new Toyota vehicle again, the harsh reality of my husband’s absence is hitting me very hard.

A flood of memories flushing over me. Feelings of guilt to still have such a blessed life, which he worked so hard for and now can’t enjoy with us.

NOTHING! No new vehicle, no sitting room set, not a big dam or nothing can ever replace him.....

However, with every cell in me, I strive to fight to give my children something of the life, they have been accustomed too and would have had with they’re amazing Dad.

15 June 2022

This is very hard.

I need to give a lot of amazing people recognition due.

Please bear with me, as it is emotional.

Today I bought a Rav4 again. Without seeing it yet, without anyone taking a look at it yet!

Talk about faith in God. And in Toyota.

It was the most out of this world, next level sales experience EVER!!! My goodness, I need to acknowledge Trevor and Suzette from WP Motors, Belville.

Co-incidentally, while busy dealing with them, my daughter was in Stellenbosch and this came up on FB. It just feel right.

Apart from my husband being a huge WP / Stormers rugby fan. My sister studied at Spier and my daughter supporter of Spier & Stormers. ;)

Next week is my birthday, and call me crazy, but every year since my husband died, by the grace of God, something super cool and special happen.

Even though we are trading in our 1 year old Fortuner and almost 10 year old Ford Everest (and it was a difficult decision for what), it is exciting to get a new car, especially a Rav4 again.

We finally got the bakkie that we actually wanted and needed, so no need for the Fortuner anymore.

You need to understand the road that we must travel. And our circumstances now, that affect our vehicle choices.

I can’t believe I survived almost 5 years without my husband. Nobody will understand the struggle and the fight, and lots of disappointments along the way.

I need to give recognition to Braam’s Motors Toyota in Joubertina, who gave us a breakthrough and got the ball rolling a year ago.

What a past 12 months, preceeded by challenging near 4 years. I didn’t think I was going to make 1 year alone without my husband and now it is almost 5 years without him.

We haven’t arrived yet, we maybe got to the top of one mountain, but we still need to survive this winter and start climbing a new mountain.

If it weren’t for Covid, lockdown and now the war, we would have been home free by now.

There is so much more to the story. And even though I am an open book always, I also know where to draw the line.

That being said, I need to give tremendous recognition to our local Ford Humansdorp branch, who are members of our local BNI Cornerstone.

The guys really came out very quick and made me an amazing offer, however the products is difficult to compare in specific the EcoSport compare to the Rav4, on the rough gravel road we often must travel.

However, our old Ford Everest really endured that road better than the new Toyota Fortuner. If I could afford it, I would have loved a new Everest, but we don’t need a big vehicle like that now anymore.

So currently, we are thankful to God first, to have find exactly what we wanted in the first place. For very well thought through reasons, and I am sorry for being an absolute spoiled brat. I always get exactly what I want, within what I prayed and checked with God first. I am highly favored, even in the simple things I sometimes want. Baby steps in being accountable with the little things first.

I am sorry to disappoint my Dad and brother, who are big Ford guys! I was raised with Fords and I LOVE Ford vehicles actually more than Toyota, but unfortunately Toyota is the more wise decision now. One day I will drive a Ford Everest again, and my daughter can carry on with the Toyota legacy of her Dad.

This is incredible sentimental and emotional for me. I wanted our old Ford Everest to be perfect when I trade it in, at this point, I need to let it go just as it is, and just get over the past and move forward.

God has been gradually shifting me into letting go of the past and moving into new beginnings. So I am moving forward as always, in prayer and with discernment from God.

I am very thankful for being super connected (even in Belville too), just a phone call or WhatsApp away and with extraordinary skills taught by my Mom in business.

Truly all the glory to God for my beautiful unique life story. I am trying to play the hand dealt to me in life, as best possible.

Things are far from perfect. It is tough to be a single parent. In the process of fighting to not repeat the history of my husband’s family, I am afraid, I repeat my family’s history and work to hard, neglecting my children and in a short space of time, spoiled they’re core values with worthless material things.

To have peace of mind about vehicles, will be a huge weight of my shoulders. Gearing up for a busy guesthouse season again, so absolutely perfect timing to sort out the vehicle situation.

NOW hear me, whether I drive our old Ford, new Fortuner, Hilux, Rav4, VW Beetle or my Daddy’s Ford Wildtrak, I am the same person.

For the people who now find me more acceptable after 5 years standing strong alone, driving new Toyota’s, having renovated the guesthouse on the farm and the house in town - SHAME on you. But I forgive everyone.

NEVER PRE-JUDGE PEOPLE!

Thank you for everyone who didn’t believe in me, who didn’t help me, who made it difficult. Please stop judging me or anyone on they’re vehicle, or any exterior things.

Nothing is permanent. Things can change for the better or worse. Always treat people with utmost respect.

TREMEDOUS THANK YOU to the nice people however, who DID help me along my journey, who did support me. The ones who left some grains out on the field for this widow to pick up.

May God bless you all tremendously.

Love,

Daisy

With tremendous gratitude to God for choosing me as Kobus Burger Bolla’s wife on earth.

The only man able to rule me ever.

The strongest man in every way, I will ever know and had the privilege of being married too and the mother of his children.

Thank you for all the memories and leaving such an amazing legacy and for setting the bar so high. Impossible high for any man to ever beat you.

The ONE and ONLY forever.

“A car is a lot more than four wheels on a fancy body powered by an internal combustion engine. A car is an unforgettable memories producing machine.“

“Apparently, how a man treats his car is the tell-tale sign of how he’ll treat a woman.

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PS:

As always, excuse the mistakes. I have OCD, but I am not a perfectionist.

Plus, I am battling still with all the technology.

Still a work in progress. Always.

(Some of the photos have links when you click on it.

Please contact me with any advice on how to improve. :) )

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Sunroof to see the stars.

YES, YES, YES it was absolutely worth it.

NOTHING! No new vehicle, no sitting room set, not a big dam or nothing can ever replace him.....

Daisy

A letter to my husband in heaven.

Leave it better than you receive it.