Nearly The End Of 2011...

Hi there wonderful Friends and appreciated Visitors....

For me and the Crew in the Southern Hemisphere, only hours remain as I put this together before midnight arrives and passes with a breath, and 2011 will be gone and 2012 will begin. My aim right now is to see if I can achieve this before the Southern Hemisphere's change of Year time happening. 

        Has been difficult to quite know how to do this. I found finding a Theme difficult, because as much as I am aiming for 2012 to be a better year for us, there's never any guarantee....

       As for 2011, I do not feel it has been an overly kind year for many. As 2011 reaches its final seconds there are still Folk in Australia without homes, still struggling with the effects the Floods had and then the Cyclone compounding their already shattering lives. In Japan, Folk are still recovering and putting back together what remains of their lives after their devastating Earthquake and Tsunami. They were some of the events heralding the first few months of 2011.

Christchurch in New Zealand I'm not forgetting was part of those early months... but even as they have been steadily repairing since their shocking Earthquake, they found themselves not even able to enjoy Christmas in peace after again having to cope with another aftershock Earthquake causing damage just before the event.

        Throughout this beautiful Earth during 2011 there have been, and are continuing to occur, more civil upheavals than has occurred in other years during my lifetime. The Earth it self has ruptured its Volcanoes causing concern, and is still shaking up places with torrential rains bringing sudden floods and death. There is still major financial concerns for many Countries. It is as though Countries are like falling dominoes with the way their monetary systems are failing and in essence tipping their economies into bankruptcies.

        On the surface 2011 has not been very kind globally. The effects of which have been emotionally devastating for all affected. Loss of life has been high.

2011 is closing with all these events still in tow. Much still unresolved. Many still suffering. Others apprehensive. And no matter how many of us are able to celebrate with welcoming in a New Year... there will be as many again, maybe more, who will also be unsure if in 2012, those very months  which brought so much unhappiness with them, will this time pass peacefully.

        With all that, and all that I have not included, I found finding a Theme to end 2011 with difficult. With my own personal sadness and tragedy unfolding mid year, I am accepting I have Friends who will not be journeying with me this time into a New Year, even though the close of 2011 has became uplifting and rewarding for me and the Crew, there's hope for a better 2012....

        The Theme I felt held the most depth for me with the Closing of 2011 and the arrival of 2012 is called 'Golden Galaxies' by MaDonna.....

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        I look at that Theme and feel myself fill with peace, warmth and softness. Feelings which are helping me accept my Friends not accompanying me into 2012. Hope that our beloved Earth will Journey 2012 easily and comfortably. That all on, within and around our Earth will experience throughout 2012 goodness, progress, recovery and fulfilment more deeply in all levels of their lives with every passing day and night.

        I also felt I needed to include some photos of those Friends, who shared their lives with me for many years until this 2011, and physically no longer can.... who they were, and the memories I have of them will travel with me... and photos can be precious... they give back a moment in time, a moment I was allowed to record a Friend's interaction with me, an image of a moment with a Treasured Friend I loved and still love deeply...

19.06.1996 - 22.08.2011

        Felicity in 2001, she was 5 at the time... and I apologise for the quality of the photo... I did a photo copy from a glossy print I had... in all honesty it looks better than I thought it would up here... I had to try... the image shows how vibrantly alive she was.... what you cannot see, is that her anticipation is with waiting for her squeaky toy to be tossed... Felicity loved her squeaky toys. Always was a challenge finding one that would not immediately demolish with her adult teeth.

        Next Friend not Journeying physically into 2012.... 

1997 - 22.09.2011

         My wonderful Henry. He was being 12 in 2009 in the photo. I miss him, I miss everything about him.

        And thankfully the only other Friend not travelling into 2012 with me and the remaining Crew...

 

29.07.2009 - 21.10.2011

        Suzanna, being a truly beautiful 2yrs and 2mths September 2011, one month before she was savagely taken. My heart shreds still I miss her so and with the way she was taken. 

        If you are a new Visitor, and wonder why I do not write I miss Felicity... Felicity's passing was different... she was aged, and her time had arrived. We shared 15 years together... more years than many with a Doberman ever do.

        For all of you who have your own Stories of loss and grief to heal as you leave 2011 and enter 2012, may you discover a 'Happy You Year in 2012' and every year thereafter...

        And now I feel I can include a Traditional New Year's Theme.... which is also by MaDonna.... who also Blogs with Blogger.... http://madonnaspersonas.blogspot.com/....

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             The words 'Happy You Year' I experienced reading in a card sent to me from a special Friend. I think the words are wonderful... and they feel so right to share with you.

        Thanks to each of you for your support throughout 2011... will be grand meeting up with you all again during 2012... have a grand 2012 year everyone.

Good wishes filled with love

from me an the Crew to you xxx magda