52 blessings to be grateful for on Friday

Thanks to Kate @ Picklebums for another edition of 52 blessings to be grateful for on Friday

Incredible, yes ! Another week gone in the blink of an eye. A very historic week in Australia when the Prime Minister, Kevin Rudd, of Australia said 'Sorry' to the Stolen Generations... and apologised for the injustices committed against the Indigenous Australians ~ Aboriginals.

A lot of Aussie Bloggers wrote excellent articles on "Sorry" and I am grateful that they did. They wrote from many perspectives -not everyone agreed. I was going to link a few but I didn't want to miss anyone unintentionally so I if you want to read -go to top Australian 100 Womens Button and you will be sure to find several.They covered it from many aspects.

The thing that I can relate to the most is the grief of the mothers' whose children were taken away by force and never saw them again or knew what happened to them. I heard some infants were even taken away at birth. I know what it is like to lose a child but I knew where my daughter was. Those families did not. I cannot imagine it...how those mothers coped.

I hope one of the most positive things that 'Sorry' achieves is reconciliation for the Indigenous people and that the serious issue of child & infant mortality is addressed. The rate of infant death is 4 times higher in indigenous community than rest of Australia - that alone is far too many babies.

I am also grateful this week

♥ for my husband and 18yrs of marriage our anniversary was last Sunday
♥ his strength and his commitment to our children and myself
♥ his love for us all
♥ his culinary skills (his cooked dinner for our Anniversary)

this is the only picture I ever scanned but I will add some better ones now we got a new scanner yesterday

I

Prawns & Bacon with sweet chilli on bed of Jasmine Rice

Chicken Kiev with fresh vegetables

Dessert (no picture) it was gone too quickly~ fresh strawberries &
icecream drizzled with chocolate and whipped cream.

I have so many things to be grateful for, especially for my online friends and all the beautiful people who commented on Charlotte's story.I thank you.I am sorry I have had a busy week and I am still replying to a few people.

I am very grateful for the chance to visit Tiff .We met via an online forum 3 years ago after we lost our babies. It was almost 2 years ago we met in real life at the Christening of her twin son and daughter when they were wee babies and S & J were tiny, little buns in the oven.

We had a lovely day together this week - we live about over 2 hrs (~170kms) apart so it doesn't happen as often as we would like.

Your turn ... what are you grateful for ? join us in grateful Friday (Kate is working on a Mr Linky but her DH and children have been very sick this week)

Also , have you met someone in real life after meeting them online ? a spouse or dear friend ?

My sister met her DH online and another online friend (that I am waiting to meet soon Mel) did too - he was all the way from USA.

Be a Fan