Wednesday, May 26, 2010

A New baby for a VERY special Girl......

Last night I finished a reborn baby for a little girl who has touched my heart.  Her name is Marzanne Kruger and she has a very very sad story to tell......

A day after her first birthday, she was brutally attacked by three men in her parent's house.  She suffered terrible injuries to her little head, which included skull fractures.  She was in the ICU for some time, with a ventilator breathing for her.

After sooo many prayers from people across our country, she has been getting better, and was released to go home...

The morning prior to her attack, she was a healthy, glowing little baby angel, and she returned home BLIND from this attack.

I am hoping to get our community and public faces involved in this fundraising initiative, where we hope that we can raise enough funds to support her parents with her rehabilitation, as well as the rehab of other children who desperately needs it.

I will post some pics tomorrow of this baby, as time did not permit me to take her pics today :o(((((((

Friday, May 21, 2010

Terrible Times

What a terrible time I have been going through.
At the end of November I moved up to Pretoria, South Africa, literally leaving everything behind, including the city that I love most.  Its now May and I really hate it here.  I would do anything to just go back in time and alter my decision.  It's been a huge adjustment and I just can't seem to get use to the people and the place.  Its sooo different than the Capetonians... (I wanna go home :o(((((((( )
On the 20th of April I lost my dear brother very suddenly and this changed my whole life.  The last man in our lives are now gone and we are just a bunch of women left in our family.  Why did he have to leave us so soon???  He was an absolutely AMAZING man and I miss him so much.  There was nothing on earth he would not do for me or my three beautiful kids.  He was their brother/father/grandfather... all in one.  He had a special touch with children and they all seemed to adore him.  After his death, the little boy a few houses away, would come looking for him.... walking through my mom's whole house.. calling "Boeta" (his nickname)  Its so sad to think that even a 1 year old, could miss someone, who was special to him.
We will still miss him for many many years to come.  Nothing and no-one will ever be able to fill that space.  He was a One of a Kind......