< Go Back A Grand End to a Fantastic Year Posted: Dec 14, 2015 Well this year has been exceptional in many ways. I am not sure what 2016 will bring but if it
tops this one I will be very pleasantly surprised.
The year started with me finalising the arrangements to get
my Mum's flat ready for sale and putting it on the market. This was both sad and a relief, but something
that would close the book on her wordly affairs. I was delighted to have the help of my son
and son-in-law who moved the remaining furniture and things I wanted to keep
back to my son's house for safe keeping, as I was unable to store them
here. This has also meant that it has
started to put some speed on my need to move to a new house with more space,
where I can both put these family heirlooms and also start my centre.
Long before she became ill Mum and I were planning about
going to New Zealand one day. Unfortunately,
she became ill beforehand and never really recovered enough to be able to; with the loss of Mum and being able to
spread my wings a bit I decided that I was going to do the trip alone for both
of us. So it was that on what would have
been her 90th birthday I set off to Singapore to visit some cousins for a few
nights before carrying onto Sydney for a few nights more. I then flew to Auckland to pick up a tour I
had found and booked on the internet by a good NZ tour operator. One of the good things was they covered all
the places, so you did not feel the need to return to see the rest. The trip was amazing and I doubt I will ever
be able to visit anywhere so fantastic again.
I was away for a month and had a wonderful time with my family and the
people I met in the group, who were great fun and added to the whole
experience. Now back this finale to the
year has left me catching up with admin, clients and Christmas! Still it was definitely worth it, even if I
have been having odd sleeping hours since!
The year started off on a high note as I went to Eastbourne
and we went to the Panto with the grandchildren. Beauty and the Beast was brilliant and a
favourite of my grandaughter, which is being balanced by our going to Peter Pan for 2016, a favourite with my older grandson. The youngest is
still a bit young for it yet, but maybe accompanying us next year. I was teaching Advanced and Metaphysical
Reflexology in January as well as training students in Vitaflex and Raindrop
Techniques with further training in February and a trip to Venice to meet up
with our Italian Group and do more training on the Young Living Essential Oils
and a weekend of Vitaflex and Raindrop as well as using oils for meditation at
a yoga group. There were many clients
and successes in my private practice and I managed to visit the family so it
was a pretty wonderful start to the year.
March brought a trip to Amsterdam, which was
very enjoyable and amongst other things we visited the refurbished Rijksmusem
along with canal cruises. We also took
in Harlem, which is a wonderful town and fully enjoyed the market and Franz Hals
Museum. A talk on how to take control
of your health naturally in Bedfordshire was well received and before I knew it
Easter had arrived and so I had a few days of relaxation.
Just as well, as April saw me giving a talk to a local
women's group, before flying up to Glasgow to see a friend for a few days and
training in the Diamond Light Course, which was both interesting and effective
so I booked for the final part a few weeks later.
I started a regular Healing Group once a month from home and
that has gone well and allowed myself and the other therapists to do a bit of
energy clearing and healing. We all do
Reiki and other therapies so we are able to also learn from each other, which is
wonderful.
May saw me visiting my daughter and grandchildren in
Eastbourne, as it was half term and enjoying their company and watching them
grow. It is incredible how they change
so quickly. The youngest had lost
his baby face and with most of his teeth had developed into a little boy with
his own looks and personality. It was
back to Glasgow for the second part of the Diamond Light and another
opportunity to explore Glasgow with my friend and see some of the wonderful
buildings and sights. At the end of May, I visited Folkestone, staying near the harbour and visiting the many
historical and interesting places around.
I also had the wonderful experience of seeing my son, who was doing an MA
in Acting at Guildford School of Acting, in a play.
It was wonderful to see him on stage and I went with my daughter-in-law,
which was an added bonus.
June saw me heading east to North Norfolk to visit my
brother and his wife who had moved up to the area the year before. They have only just
finished their house renovations this December, so I stayed in a lovely old
hotel in Weybourne called The Maltings and they came and took me back to see
the half finished home, they were in the middle of refurbishing and building to
their taste, as well as around the locale, which was beautiful. I had been to the area before on holiday so
was aware of most of it, but as usual nature and the extraordinary English
countryside put on a spectacular show and we all enjoyed our time together,
especially trying out some of the fabulous pubs and restaurants.
June also brought my second trip to Italy for the year and
getting together with old and new friends, as we shared in learning more about
the Young Living oils and assessing and training more students. This time I also did more training and
workshops on using the oils for emotional clearing, which was again, very
successful. Having returned and being
busy with clients I was off the following week to Bulgaria for a break and
rest. As usual Bulgaria was warm,
beautiful and a place to expand the soul.
I also managed to see a friend in Stara Zagora and had a cap, which had
come off my tooth replaced by her dentist.
A great job and a lot cheaper than here!
I returned the middle of July and met a friend who was staying in Surrey
and we visited Hever Castle, a fairytale place, before she came and stayed over
for a couple of days and we presented an Assessment Day for students who had
done the Raindrop Training earlier in the year.
It was in July, it was decided to make the best of
our English Heritage membership and visited both Kenwood House, which must have
been on the wettest day of the year and with no direct transport from the
station, we got drenched, walking up Hampstead Hill alongside the Heath, before
we finally came upon a bus that took us to the gate! Needless to say the rain stopped when we got
inside the house! We also visited Downe
House which was the home of Darwin and was a lovely family home and beautiful
garden to walk around, on what turned out to be a sunny day, which was a
relief! We have also managed to do Deal,
Walmer and Dover Castles (Dover had a WW2 festival on which was very
entertaining, as well as Eltham Palace which has been done up and is amazing. The school holidays saw me down at Eastbourne
again, where I met up with an old friend and spent lots of time with the family,
including a Granny Day with my grandaughter, which consisted of swimming, bowling, a high
tea at one of the hotels, bicycle riding in the park and seeing a DVD before a
fish and chip supper. So a good day was
had by all.
August saw my friend from Italy visiting relatives and
attending a get together on the oils with other members of the group, here in my
home. It was lovely to visit Chichester
with her and see my Dad's old haunts, as his grandfather was the Estate Manager
for Squire Eastwood at West Stoke in his childhood; we often used to go
together and he would tell me all about the locals and events that took place
there. Chichester has changed a lot and
is much smarter. West Stoke has
completely lost its village atmosphere and is now full of commuters and well
off professionals rather than the country folk of his day. It also hosts Kingsley Vale, a nature reserve, where the biggest yew forest is in Europe.
I returned to Glasgow to spend time with my great
friend up there. This time we had more
time together and visited more places of interest and I did a talk on the Bible
Oils which was well received. August
brought a second chance to see my son on stage in London and the play
"Dorothy" which was excellent receiving critical acclaim with a 4*
rating.
I also attended the London Conference on Conscious Healing Evolution,
which was a very interesting and thought provoking weekend . It also allowed me to see and hear Gregg
Braden, who apart from his ground breaking work also accompanied his wife on
stage, as she played and sang one of her songs, which won her a prestigous music
award. He plays the flute and it is
quite magical.
September saw my third trip to Italy to present more training,
this time I was accompanied by my friend and co-founder of Raindrop Training
Europe Suzanne. I returned to a busy
diary of clients and a weekend of presenting two workshops at CAMEXPO at Olympia in
London with great success, but it sadly always lands on my birthday! I also taught an Indian Head Massage course and
managed to fit in some family time between all the work.
October, was the month of extreme travel! I went and stayed down in Eastbourne for a
few days and then was home for three busy days before going off on a weekend
trip to Holland. This time we went to The Hague and Delft, which were
incredible towns with a wealth of art galleries and exquisite paintings, as well
as beautiful architecture. We stayed in
Breda, which was the home town of my Mother's maternal family and it was
wonderful to spend a day exploring and seeing all the places she had told me
about. A couple of days later after
being busy with clients, I was off for 10 days to Malaga in Spain to do a Mind
Body & Spirit show in Marbella with Suzanne and another colleague before
presenting another two training days and a talk for the Fuengirola group of the
Costa Women. All of which went very well
and it was nice to have time with Suzanne in between, so we could have some
lovely walks in the countryside around her home town there.
A quick catch up with clients and I was in November and five
days later flying out to Singapore as a first stop for my month long trip to
the other side of the world. I have been
back a week now and it has been very hectic, catching up both with work and
socially. Christmas is now looming and
although it does not feel like Christmas to me, probably because of the sunny
days I left behind as their Summer started.
It was very odd to see Christmas trees and decorations in the bright
sunshine there! I am almost completed on
the presents and cards and am looking forward to a restful break with visits to
the family and already planning another trip to Italy in March as well as two London trainings in January and February.
I am also thinking it might be nice to be back in the sun
and keeping an eye out for a cheap break to the Canaries perhaps! This is also the year that I am hoping to
move and so that will be taking up a fair bit of time. I have been looking around and trying to find
a place which is convenient for clients, family and Gatwick if possible. A tall order, but who knows what the future
will bring. I never thought at the
beginning of the year that I would have accomplished all this, so I look
forward to 2016 and the first Raindrop & Vitaflex Training on 9th/10th
January 2016.