Oh my goodness, dear Ellie Mae, I've been up to my eyeballs in fundraising for this company! Amazing how quickly the time passes. Thank you for chasing me up. The good news is L Bow is pretty much healed and now it's more a question of time. I've stayed in touch (sort of) with TeamSouthAfrica on our Discord channel, but haven't been able to do much else on Steemit these days. I'm writing to you from back in Lusaka for our monthly client engagement. Hopeful this month and next we'll start turning the corner. Aiming to carve out an hour a day of Steeming once we have a few clients with viable business cases.
I'm looking forward to catching up on your posts when I get a break later today. But in the meantime, how are you? I'll catch up on the girls in the latest Gazette. More interested in your and your perambulations.
Seems like I really only get a chance to get back into Steemit when I'm in Lusaka!
Much love...and thank you again for chasing me...πππ
I know you are busy with your new project. Just missing you so much. I am putting a little post together to inform our friends about life here with the chickens. Seems like everyone on steemit is a bit depressed about the downward trend it has taken. I like the people they mean a lot to me. Glad to hear you L-bow is finally shaping up. That damned lawnmower has my back aching for a new one. Dr. says it will heal on its own.....very slowly. Meanwhile It feels like I am trapped in purgatory! In the spring no less!
Helplessness can be down right depressing. Pressing on, cause there is work to be done. This I know you understand. Please do come by when you get a sec. You always have the gift of making me smile. Much Love from the chickens and your friend Ellie Mae. β€οΈππ
Aiyiyi - how did I miss this message? Lusaka was all-consuming with unreliable internet, but that's no excuse. Sorry about your back π’π’. I curse thee, pestilential lawn mower, for hurting the great and gentle Ellie Mae in such a way!
Yes, I do understand. I've just finished reading an incredible book which gets to the heart of pressing on and surviving. If you have a chance to pick it up in your amazing library, I highly recommend it. It's called "A House in the Sky" by Amanda Lindhout, and it's the autobiographical story of a Canadian journalist who gets abducted and held for ransom in Somalia for 15 months. I'm sure you'd be able to relate to her experiences, although I truly hope you've never been through anything like what she went through.
I hope you and yours had a lovely and peaceful Easter. Much love ππ
Oh Kiligirl, I am starting to feel better... finally. However, not being able to do things has made me so grumpy! I am no fun to live with right now. They call me Forest Gump in these parts, because one of my favorite things to do is mow. It clears my head completely, leaving me smiling from ear to ear. Perhaps my crabbiness stems from the fact that a lot of intrusive thoughts have taken over my brain and I no longer have an outlet to let off the steem! Never ever try to pick up a lawnmower by yourself, that is my lifeβs lesson for today.
Thank you for the book recommendation I will see if our little library carries βA House in the Skyβ it sounds like a good read.
May the winds of glory and good fortune be at your back today as you carry on with your mission. Much Love to you your pal Ellie Mae β€οΈππ
So glad you're starting to feel better, Ellie Mae aka Forest Gump! β€οΈοΈ We carry these physical (and other) pains around with us for so long we tend to forget how the weight affects our resilience. Been thinking a lot about resilience these days - how to build it, how to nurture it, how not to let pain affect it but rather feed it (haven't mastered that one yet!!). It sounds like mowing is one of your resilience builders! And yes, if there's someone around who looks like they can lift a lawnmower better than you, put 'em on the job π.
I hope you find the book. Would love to discuss it with you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your supportive wishes. They mean so much! We're at that stage where we still can't see the funding coming in (so close, but so far), but the savings are down to the last few months. This is one of the reasons I'm thinking so much about resilience, and focus on the objective - going back to the time that group of us climbed Kilimanjaro and reached the summit...one foot in front of the other, eyes on the summit. Before you think that was when I was young and fit, it was just 9 years ago (so ixnay on the oungyay) and let's just say that nobody would have mistaken me for an Olympic athlete ππ. It was all about attitude - some would say mental, emotional and/or spiritual strength. Believing we would do it somehow banished any negative thoughts. Now, in this situation, believing we will do it is critical. Every drop of support you send makes an immense difference...so thank you, thank you, thank you. Much love back - your Kiligirl friend ππ
I am so missing both you and your niece @lynb. Itβs been over 4 months since we have heard from you and I would love to know of your progress. Missing you both more than you know. β€οΈππ
Oh my goodness, dear Ellie Mae, I've been up to my eyeballs in fundraising for this company! Amazing how quickly the time passes. Thank you for chasing me up. The good news is L Bow is pretty much healed and now it's more a question of time. I've stayed in touch (sort of) with TeamSouthAfrica on our Discord channel, but haven't been able to do much else on Steemit these days. I'm writing to you from back in Lusaka for our monthly client engagement. Hopeful this month and next we'll start turning the corner. Aiming to carve out an hour a day of Steeming once we have a few clients with viable business cases.
I'm looking forward to catching up on your posts when I get a break later today. But in the meantime, how are you? I'll catch up on the girls in the latest Gazette. More interested in your and your perambulations.
Seems like I really only get a chance to get back into Steemit when I'm in Lusaka!
Much love...and thank you again for chasing me...πππ
I know you are busy with your new project. Just missing you so much. I am putting a little post together to inform our friends about life here with the chickens. Seems like everyone on steemit is a bit depressed about the downward trend it has taken. I like the people they mean a lot to me. Glad to hear you L-bow is finally shaping up. That damned lawnmower has my back aching for a new one. Dr. says it will heal on its own.....very slowly. Meanwhile It feels like I am trapped in purgatory! In the spring no less!
Helplessness can be down right depressing. Pressing on, cause there is work to be done. This I know you understand. Please do come by when you get a sec. You always have the gift of making me smile. Much Love from the chickens and your friend Ellie Mae. β€οΈππ
Aiyiyi - how did I miss this message? Lusaka was all-consuming with unreliable internet, but that's no excuse. Sorry about your back π’π’. I curse thee, pestilential lawn mower, for hurting the great and gentle Ellie Mae in such a way!
Yes, I do understand. I've just finished reading an incredible book which gets to the heart of pressing on and surviving. If you have a chance to pick it up in your amazing library, I highly recommend it. It's called "A House in the Sky" by Amanda Lindhout, and it's the autobiographical story of a Canadian journalist who gets abducted and held for ransom in Somalia for 15 months. I'm sure you'd be able to relate to her experiences, although I truly hope you've never been through anything like what she went through.
I hope you and yours had a lovely and peaceful Easter. Much love ππ
Oh Kiligirl, I am starting to feel better... finally. However, not being able to do things has made me so grumpy! I am no fun to live with right now. They call me Forest Gump in these parts, because one of my favorite things to do is mow. It clears my head completely, leaving me smiling from ear to ear. Perhaps my crabbiness stems from the fact that a lot of intrusive thoughts have taken over my brain and I no longer have an outlet to let off the steem! Never ever try to pick up a lawnmower by yourself, that is my lifeβs lesson for today.
Thank you for the book recommendation I will see if our little library carries βA House in the Skyβ it sounds like a good read.
May the winds of glory and good fortune be at your back today as you carry on with your mission. Much Love to you your pal Ellie Mae β€οΈππ
So glad you're starting to feel better, Ellie Mae aka Forest Gump! β€οΈοΈ We carry these physical (and other) pains around with us for so long we tend to forget how the weight affects our resilience. Been thinking a lot about resilience these days - how to build it, how to nurture it, how not to let pain affect it but rather feed it (haven't mastered that one yet!!). It sounds like mowing is one of your resilience builders! And yes, if there's someone around who looks like they can lift a lawnmower better than you, put 'em on the job π.
I hope you find the book. Would love to discuss it with you!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your supportive wishes. They mean so much! We're at that stage where we still can't see the funding coming in (so close, but so far), but the savings are down to the last few months. This is one of the reasons I'm thinking so much about resilience, and focus on the objective - going back to the time that group of us climbed Kilimanjaro and reached the summit...one foot in front of the other, eyes on the summit. Before you think that was when I was young and fit, it was just 9 years ago (so ixnay on the oungyay) and let's just say that nobody would have mistaken me for an Olympic athlete ππ. It was all about attitude - some would say mental, emotional and/or spiritual strength. Believing we would do it somehow banished any negative thoughts. Now, in this situation, believing we will do it is critical. Every drop of support you send makes an immense difference...so thank you, thank you, thank you. Much love back - your Kiligirl friend ππ
I am so missing both you and your niece @lynb. Itβs been over 4 months since we have heard from you and I would love to know of your progress. Missing you both more than you know. β€οΈππ