Blog: Care and compassion
in English 12.8. 10:56
It is a brilliant March day. I sit down to rest my feet and wait for the coffee to drip. I just came in after a skiing trip. The sun sparkled on the snow, and my skis made a nice crunching noise on the snow. Sparrows twittered in the shrubbery, and water was dripping cheerfully from the eaves. While skiing without any cares, my memories traveled back to some old events and experiences. Lue lisää
Blog: Weighty matters
in English 6.8. 06:05Blog: Reason or emotions
in English 22.7. 06:02Blog: Do they just think one gets used to it?
in English 16.7. 06:08
Again she wants to hear that same song. I choose it on the player, choking back my tears. I cannot sing along, afraid that my voice will break and show them all I am about to cry. I keep my eyes on the road and grasp the steering wheel tightly, to prevent my tears from flowing. I almost hate that beautiful song, because I hate this situation, my helplessness and the desperation I feel when my child always wants to hear this song. And yet it is good to know that, by again choosing it, she wants to tell me how she is feeling.
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Blog: Services and social life
in English 9.7. 06:58Blog: Called to seek
in English 25.6. 06:49Blog: The morning when everything stopped
in English 11.6. 06:45Blog: Bystander
in English 28.5. 06:13Blog: Is it dull?
in English 14.5. 06:09
This was not part of the dreams I had as a young girl – the home of a single person. But this home is my own home, and it is always a joy to come back here. Yet I dreamed of something different. Were they futile dreams because they did not come true? I do not think so. When you dream about something, you never know whether or not your dream will come true. If we were able to know all things beforehand, life would seem quite empty. Lue lisää
Blog: Family weekend
in English 30.4. 06:01
It was Friday. The week had been busy and full of unexpected events. I had taken one child to a dental appointment and another to the health clinic and had attended the parent-teacher meetings of several children. I had not been able to fit all of the seven parent-teacher sessions into one week, so there would be more to do after the weekend.
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