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*** NEW poem ***
As promised – a NEW poem Well, not quite new, but the first time I share it.In this poem I am trying to comfort myself – the one I was when being treated for severe burns. You don’t notice me– but I see youYou don’t notice me– but I see your painYou don’t notice me– but I see your confusionYou don’t notice me– but I see your tearsand wipe them away. You don’t notice me– but I see you strugglingYou don’t notice me– but I see you distancing from yourselfYou don’t notice me– but I see you tryingYou don’t notice me– but I see you survivinga different life on this…
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Conversation
During the past (ten) years I sometimes tried to put my thoughts into words by trying to express them in a ‘Poem’. Over the next few weeks I will share some with you. 💝 The one below is me now, having survived TEN and having coped with trauma, talking to me, the one I was during the most difficult years. I wrote it in January 2020. And when I think about you nowI see you don’t understandWhat is going onWhy do the alarms keep going offWhy do they look at you in that wayWhy does it hurt so muchWhen will this stopand how will this end And when I think…
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Israel
Although there are many – too many – disadvantages of suffering of a long-term illness, sometimes some advantages turn up. Such as a trip to Israel in October! A group of a congregation in Insjön, about 1 hour drive from Ludvika, had planned to travel to Israel but they were too few so they looked for other people that might have the time and possibility to join them. I was a bit insecure, absolutely not wanting to take advantage of my “long-term” illness, but Arjan convinced me to contact the organiser of the trip.It turned out it would be an amazing opportunity to travel to Israel in a relatively small…
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@Home!
For the first time in many years I went on a holiday with my family. Well, we’ve been to Fuerteventura a couple of times but that was a very different kind of holiday 😄🏖. This year I, my husband, our daughter and her friend went to the north of Sweden to participate in ‘Hemavanmötet’, among other things. The trip was lovely, the views stunning and the ‘Hemavanmöte’ giving. One day I was sitting outside, in front of our appartment, having a coffee. From my seat I could see the snow spots on the mountains, feel the sun on my face, hear the band practicing in the big tent about 100…
