The Dandlebear Bridge

Thanks for a great read Karen …

karenwoodall's avatarKaren Woodall - Psychotherapist, Writer, Researcher, Trainer

A Dandlebear is no ordinary bear. A Dandlebear is specially made for children whose parents do not live in the same house. A Dandlebear is small and quick and can send messages without talking. A Dandlebear looks after little children.

Dandlebears live underneath bridges. Some of the bridges lead from mummy’s house to daddy’s house. Sometimes a bridge leads from daddy’s house to Nanny’s house and some other bridges lead from mummy’s house to nursery. All little children have to go over bridges and some get to like it a lot but others find it too scary and so these little children have a dandlebear to help them.

Dandlebears have long arms and big paws. This is so that you can hook them into your trousers whilst you are playing at daddy’s house. Some dandlebears go over the bridge with children and then go back to skimming stones until its…

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Daily update for my Boys 10 March 2014

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Hello little men..

How are my little men doing today ? I really hope very well…

Well guess I was wrong , the rain here is not over , it’s been raining cats and dogs and lions here since last night again..I have seen some videos on Facebook of a holiday resort close by that shows cars washing around the camp site…don’t think the Country has seen non stop rain like the past week for a very long time…not good as so many people will be left homeless with these floods again , really sad knowing winter is just around the corner and all these people have lost all that they have ever owned…… Makes you think sometimes why life and the world would be so cruel to people who are struggling already ….guess we will never understand how and why these things happen…..

O , I was helping Oupa with some DIY stuff this morning as the rain was so bad I could not sort any more of my stuff today …I think I learned today again that I am not a DIY-yer and will never be , I think I have two left hands at the best of times ….lol …thank goodness that I have and know people that can do things ….. I used to try and built the things I bought you when you were little ….some projects went better than others I have to admit ….I guess that is why IKEA is the stuff my nightmares are made off…

Does not feel like a Monday today if I am honest , must be due to the fact that I am still off work for a while , feels like Sunday again , Ouma is baking pot brood , I guess in English that would mean she is baking fresh farm bread in a metal casserole, we would normally do it outside in a hole in the ground with warm coals but the oven does the trick on rainy days like this…I think you both would have loved a warm slice of this bread with lots of butter and fig jam …. One of the best things in the world to eat that I can promise you both , but remember it needs to be chunky fig jam , organic , non of this factory processed stuff you buy in the supermarkets….

O I posted you some pictures today that Ouma and Oupa asked me to share with you both , so I hope you liked them and please show B&B the one , I think they will also find the one about cats funny , made me smile for sure ….

Well champs , hope you both are having a fantastic start to your week ..lots of giggles , fun and learning … Maybe even some nice outside play time with B&B … Have you two let them try some of your South African Easter eggs? I hope so ……

As always little men , I hope to see you both a little later under our big old green tree in dream land … Hope you two are bringing me some warm dry cuddles ….

Night , night pals , fun happy safe dreams please…..

Love you both all the over flowing dams full and miss you more than the fast flooding rivers here ……

Love you little men…always …

Dad xx

Going underground: into the world of the alienated child

This is a must read …. Thank you Karen

karenwoodall's avatarKaren Woodall - Psychotherapist, Writer, Researcher, Trainer

First real day of sunshine and I am thinking about the way in which we survive cycle after cycle, the downward spiral into winter and the way in which the myth of persephone in the underworld plays itself out in our lives over and over and over again.  Born as we are, in a cyclical world, none of us can avoid the reality of life, death and separation from our loved ones.  Demeter lamented as  her daughter Persephone was taken from her by Hades the god of the underworld, in a story of abduction, reconciliation and regeneration.  In the Persephone myth, there is the foretelling of spring, renewal and reunification.  For the alienated child and family, none of this normal and natural renewal is allowed to occur and so the world becomes frozen in time as the child disappears, deep into the underworld, where the family they have rejected cannot…

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Daily update for my Boys 9 March 2014

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Hello little men…

Hope you two are doing well and have had a fun Sunday…..

Well I got nothing done I wanted to this weekend but got lots of other things done… I have also come to the realisation that I hate hanging curtains…I know hate is a strong word but I do believe I hate this task for sure no doubt ..lol….

We seem to have some Sunshine today , it’s about time as we have had 7 days of non stop rain….you can feel the air is getting cooler and I guess Autumn is here in its full glory, it’s funny as we have a lot of evergreen trees here so no or very little brown leaves…I don’t know if you both still remember the mountain of leaves we had at the house is Horsham, I tried to rake them like 8 pm at night after you both had gone to bed as there was so much it could not wait for the gardener…. Bins and bins full , don’t think I have seen so many leaves in my life …. Boy am I pleased to be back in Africa and having people to do these type of chores daily….

Not sure if you two have any trees at your house in Chester, I hope you do as I am pretty sure you both will have had lots of fun playing in the leaves outside..

It feels like the past week has gone really quickly… Must be because I have been busy each day sorting the house and boxes…yes I know , it’s still not done …but you need to remember that I have the huge task to decide what to keep and what to let go as I need to keep things simple so it’s easy later for whom ever to sort when the time comes….

I can’t wait to sleep in my own bed again…just need to get all the bedding and sheets back from the dry cleaners and ironing people …yes I sleep on ironed sheets , it’s one of my things , I can not sleep on sheets and bedding that have not been ironed…yes , yes , I know that makes me a freak ….but again that is how I was raised , sheets are ironed always ….. Even fitted ones ..lol , not that I have ever touched an iron in my life…..

Well champs I don’t know what you two have up your sleeves for this week coming but I hope it’s safe and fun …….with lots of giggles and learning …

I will see you both then again a little later tonight under our big old green tree in dream land …can’t wait for my double little man bear cuddles and dream smiles ……

Night , night little men ….happy new week dreams ….

Love you both tons and tons and miss you mega tons more ….

Love you little men…always ….

Dad xx

Daily update for my Boys 8 March 2014

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Hello little men…

How are you two doing on this lovely Saturday afternoon… I hope very well..

Not much news here pals, the weather is still poor and I have been out to the mall for a little bit..not very existing as we had a power cut again…

I have not dropped any of your stuff at its new homes as everyone had things to do today , so maybe tomorrow… I will keep you posted….

Ouma has been busy sorting their house out as she has so much stuff in the cupboards … Some of this stuff she has never used nor will she ever …so I am trying to get her to be sensible and say if she has not used stuff in the last year get rid of it , she is not going for that plan as she believes if she lets stuff go today she is going to look for it tomorrow… Least she has some boxes packed now for people that might use the stuff…

I need to sort the last of my things tomorrow also that is still in the storage unit… The end is in sight …lol , harder work then what I thought it would be if I am honest…..

Not sure what you to muppets got up to today , but I hope you are safe and had lots of fun as little men should ……

Can’t wait to see you both later tonight under our big old green tree in dream land again as always …. Big bear cuddles tonight please ….

Night , night little men happy Sunday dreams ….

Love you both around the the world and back and miss you more …

Love you little men ….always

Dad xx