Last week I visited Portugal for the first time. Lisbon to be precise. It was the best kind of trip - completely random and unexpected - when the publishers of the Portuguese edition of my novel, The Storyteller of Auschwitz (or A Contadora de Historias de Auschwitz
Love ‘bad new, good news, who knows’. I have a similar outlook but not so concise! I always look on the bright side, such as ‘someones always worse off’ or it ‘could be worse’ or ‘everything happens for a reason, we might not know the reason yet though’. All are the same as your dads fable and I love it so I’ll use that in stead now! Xx
Covid. If it hadn't happened, I wouldn't have been furloughed. I would never have started my own pickles, chutneys and marmalades business. My husband would never have realised all his employees could work competently at home, so that didn't tie us to Staffs. We moved to beautiful Devon. Now, although my husband and I aren't together anymore, none of that would have happened.
Your poor friend, how vulnerable must she (and you) felt being so far from "Home" and getting seriously ill.
"Good News Bad News, Who Knows" ...T-Shirts need to be made!
I've definitely had a "GNBNWK" moment the last 2 weeks, which was dreadful but I'm so grateful for... The way I view life now has turned completely around and it was needed!
When you mention your Bestie I think of Frankie Says Relapse 💕
Good news, bad news? Love it. Its all in the way we choose to see things.( just written something along same lines) Your so lucky to have such a sage Dad in your life, too
Oh my goodness, what a story. Yes, life has a way of upending us in unexpected ways, and forcing us to find a perspective on things in moments we hoped, expected would be fun and happy, no drama. Glad your friend is okay or better and hope all turns out well. And, Lisbon sounds like it was full of magic as well!
Love ‘bad new, good news, who knows’. I have a similar outlook but not so concise! I always look on the bright side, such as ‘someones always worse off’ or it ‘could be worse’ or ‘everything happens for a reason, we might not know the reason yet though’. All are the same as your dads fable and I love it so I’ll use that in stead now! Xx
Covid. If it hadn't happened, I wouldn't have been furloughed. I would never have started my own pickles, chutneys and marmalades business. My husband would never have realised all his employees could work competently at home, so that didn't tie us to Staffs. We moved to beautiful Devon. Now, although my husband and I aren't together anymore, none of that would have happened.
Your poor friend, how vulnerable must she (and you) felt being so far from "Home" and getting seriously ill.
"Good News Bad News, Who Knows" ...T-Shirts need to be made!
I've definitely had a "GNBNWK" moment the last 2 weeks, which was dreadful but I'm so grateful for... The way I view life now has turned completely around and it was needed!
When you mention your Bestie I think of Frankie Says Relapse 💕
My thoughts to your friend. How's she doing.
Good news, bad news? Love it. Its all in the way we choose to see things.( just written something along same lines) Your so lucky to have such a sage Dad in your life, too
Oh my goodness, what a story. Yes, life has a way of upending us in unexpected ways, and forcing us to find a perspective on things in moments we hoped, expected would be fun and happy, no drama. Glad your friend is okay or better and hope all turns out well. And, Lisbon sounds like it was full of magic as well!