It's Snow Exciting!

Winter 2013 in DC!

Best Of 2012

 - Going the Carribean was most definitely one of my best trips this year!10 days in the sun on the island called St.Maarten, buying fruit from fruit stands, going on a sailboat and jumping off a swing into the middle of the ocean!Experiencing island life, snorkelling, and also, cocktails on the beach!

- Also, April is my birthday month, i had a really special one this year, a daytime picnic with close friends, lots of good food, drinks, jokes, games and laughter.The day after, a few of us did a rockclimbing course at EarthTreks..FUN!

-My two best friends getting married, even though i missed both weddings.

- Visiting home (South-Africa) in August.Seeing all my friends and family and waking up in the same bed i woke up every day through high school, was priceless and soooo worth saving for.

- Accepting the past. Can't change it, but learnt from it.

- AU cups and all the stories with Cornelia Lundgren (you know..)

- Becoming a Certified Spin Instructor (December)

- New York and staying at the Waldorf Astoria (Cornelia's dream..)

- Going brunette (again!)

- Nights at The Hamilton with my amazing friends.

- "Hunting"

Weddings!

Both my best friends recently got married!..and..being in America, i missed both weddings! (sad, sad face!)

But they looked amazing, and i'm such a super proud best friend..

Wishing all 4 of you many happy married years!

Spinning

Received my official licence to teach spin yesterday! - Proud moment :)

Thinking Of You..

It's almost been a year and 8 months since our accident..
Your time on earth was done, but i was lucky enough to get a second chance...
I miss you every day!!!

Goodbyes..

I've never really been a big fan of goodbyes.. in fact, i'm almost certain i hate them..
It might be cause i'm just no good at them, but then again... i've never heard anyone say that they are great at saying goodbye.. so i'm gonna assume i'm relatively normal.. atleast .. when it comes to this..

Sadly, with the way life works, there comes times where we are all faced with having to greet someone so special and dear to us..whether it's due to death, people moving or simply just life drifting you in different directions.

In my case, my best friend is relocating back to her home country in a few days.. no more funfilled Friday night escapades, Cava Saterdays or even just lunch meetings when we feel like it..
The sad thing is, every once in a while, someone walks into your life and before you know it, you try and think back to life as you knew it before the arrival of that specific person.. and you realise.. you can't imagine life ever being just that again..

Cornelia, to me.. was one of those people.. i don't open up easily about anything, and i don't just cry.. but before i knew it, she knew everything there was to know about this crazy, amazing, sad, and wonderfull life i'm living .. and the best part was.. she still loved me!

Yes, it's true..people come into our lives for a reason, they change us, and they help us grow, they inspire, motivate and love us for who we are.. but somehow there will always come a time to say goodbye..

In a few days we'll no longer be able to see each other every day,we'll be on seperate continents, living our seperate lives and doing our own things.. seperately..

I'll always remember our time in the US.. living our dream, dreaming bout Dupont , our hunting days and  'our lives being set!'
Its been fun, it's been crazy, it's been extremely good.. but all good things come to an end!
We're now growing seperately, but we'll never grow apart!

Love you my Corny xx (.. i believe we just spoke about being corny today!but hey, just this one time.. it can be how i roll!)

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving this year will be a whole lot different than other years.. in fact.. where i come from, we don't celebrate Thanksgiving.
Through my life, many things have happened, sadness, pain, laughter and silly moments, all for which i'm very thankfull as they brought me to where i am in life right now..

I give thanks to my amazing family, through the years they've always been there, through them i've learnt what it feels like to be loved unconditionally!They say you can't choose your family, but honestly, if i had the choice .. i'd pick mine twice!

In the last 15 months, i have made awesome friends, many who i'll forever keep in my heart, no matter where we  are in this world!Because.. true friendship really is when you realize you can grow seperately without growing apart..

I'm thankfull for what living in the US has taught me, i'm thankfull for growing so much, for being more responsible than ever, for learning to accept myself, my circumstances, my choices in life and the things i cannot change..

Though there won't be any turkey on our table ..(i live with vegetarians) it makes no difference to the message behind it all..i'm blessed, i'm happy, i'm healthy and i have so many things to be thankfull for, today.. and every other day of the year!

Happy Thanksgiving!

L xx



Part of my awesome family in 2009