Moline

Just the two of us

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We had one day without children - just Markus and me in Munich. That was pure quality time. We knew the children were happy bathing by the lake with the grandparents so no need to worry whilst enjoying a lot of mini breaks and great food. And we discovered that it was like several years before when we were newly wed and just enjoyed each otheres company on the week ends. And best thing of all: we are so sure we will be saying the same for years to go. There is nothing like having found your pal for life!!!

Summer!

First of all I have to say thank you for all your warm comments and emails. That means a lot. To be honest, I wasn't thinking that much of this second operation. It has to be done and then it will be ok. -  full stop! So I am getting into the summer mood after three days of rain in Lueneburg we were greeted by much nicer weather down by the lake. 

So time to get out all these sandals again and go outside. We had friends from Istanbul and Lake Geneva visiting the last week end and it was wonderful to talk about old times in Istanbul and to enjoy today (so we can maybe talk about these times in the future somewhere else...). And the lake greeted us with warm weather and fruit vendors everywhere. I love to buy these local products by the road and talk to the people.

And of course I am eating all these atioxidants to stick to my healthy diet. That really is no problem at the moment and I have the feeling each and every berry does something good for my body. 

And then there is this very sweet and talented young artist who is drawing masterpieces for me every day before breakfast! What a treat I can say! 

I love how he is always drawing me with big ears and my earrings because he always wants to hold them when he is with me. So you can really see how important they are for him. 

We have a lot of plans for the next three weeks besides relaxing and swimming. We will be going to Switzerland from time to time to the mountains, explore some museums and see some friends. So enough opportunity to fill up the tanks and have family quality time.

Again!

Again!
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How was this saying? if you have lemons, make lemonade!
So that is what I am doing now.
I seem to need another operation to get rid of some cancer cells in a few weeks. This is also the time to relax, sit down and think things over.
We already did it the last time I was operated, a couple of weeks before. It is time to make decisions and major life changes and this is what it is all about: if something like this happens it is easier to focus and to weed thing out. Weed out bad habits, unhealthy relationships, ill making thoughts, and most of all people who are not nurturing and who often upset us and make a huge impact on our daily family life. That shall not happen in the future. We are having so many helpful and well meaning people around us so we will focus on them and lead our energy there instaed of battling with others.
I've been reading so many good nurturing articles since the beginning of this year at other blogger's sites. There are to mention a few: Holly on decor8 and haus maus, Ali, Leo and Carla. I will muse on all these thought provoking posts over the next months to share some with you. They always seem to give the right input at certain times. Thank you for that!
Hope you are having a wonderful summer break - we will!
Hugs!