Tag Archives: anger

LOVE HURTS…some of the time

Posted on September 20, 2018 by Noelene

  Someone very close to me said some things to me recently that shocked me to my very core – I felt like I had been hit in the solar plexus. For a day and a half, I was left … Continue reading →

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DIVORCE HURTS…

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Noelene

Parents, please don’t underestimate and minimize the damage your divorce does to your children. Recognize the fact that just as the egg and sperm joined together to form your child that egg and sperm are effectively now being torn apart, … Continue reading →

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STOP REJECTING YOURSELF…

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Noelene

“Over the years, I have come to realize that the greatest trap in our life is not success, popularity, or power, but self-rejection”  –  Henri Nouwen When will you start believing and acknowledging the fact that because of the Cross you have no … Continue reading →

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LOVE WEARS STEEL TOE CAP BOOTS

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Noelene

My mother’s parents were married for sixty-five years. They were Afrikaans so we addressed them as Oupa and Ouma. Up until the day my Oupa died they still held hands and had lively conversations with each other. Before my Oupa retired, … Continue reading →

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THROW OFF YOUR CLOAK!

Posted on November 8, 2015 by Noelene

There are so many of us, who like blind Bartimaeus, have spent the majority of our lives sitting beside a road begging for the freedom to live our lives to the full. Begging for freedom from guilt, deep hurts, unforgiveness, … Continue reading →

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WEEKENDS, MOTHER

Posted on June 21, 2015 by Noelene

A poem written by a teenager whose parents are divorced and who only sees her mother on weekends. Weekends, Mother I see you during the week But when the weekend comes – mother you are never here. Just because at … Continue reading →

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‘STOP & DROP’

Posted on June 4, 2015 by Noelene

Sometimes the words of my mouth and my behaviour  are totally incompatible! This fact was highlighted, yet again, this morning.  We have three daughters, ranging in ages from thirteen to nineteen, therefore this is my thirteenth consecutive year at the … Continue reading →

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FIGHTING THE SINKING SAND OF DEPRESSION

Posted on March 4, 2015 by Noelene

Sometimes when we come face to face with our own darkness, inadequacies, guilt, sins, worthlessness, anger and jealousies it feels like we are walking into sinking sand.  The more we fight and struggle the quicker we are pulled under. It … Continue reading →

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DIVORCE HURTS KIDS (WHO THEN GROW INTO HURT ADULTS)

Posted on October 6, 2014 by Noelene

This blog IS for the mothers and fathers who have divorced and then ‘abandoned’ their children somewhere along the road of life. It is NOT for the mothers and fathers who have divorced and have struggled through their own pain … Continue reading →

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DIVORCE – A TEENAGER IN PAIN – A POEM

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Noelene

This poem was written more than thirty-four years ago, but the words and feelings behind them remain relevant to children whose parents are divorced and who only see their fathers on a part-time basis. I NEVER KNEW YOU Just because … Continue reading →

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