It's 5:00am and my phone rings, the voice on the other end is familiar but in my sleepy state I'm not sure if I am hearing correctly - the voice tells my that I need to accompany the speaker in order to collect my car ! Yeah right, but I have not ordered a car (or so I think).. Then I remember a conversation with a good friend and the offer of a car was made and I said that would be wonderful.. At any rate later that night my friend arrived and we talked.. A few days later I was on my way to Zimbabwe at the wheel of an Audi A6 Estate.. This is the car offered to me -- I return to Namibia about a week later and then we as a family make the trek home for Christmas and New Year.. One of the highlights for our children was taking off to Creamy Inn for ice cream..
Larnelle had the joy of whitewater rafting on the mighty Zambezi river.. Our little girl is quite a together young lady and certainly adventurous.. My mum joined us for our break away to the Victoria Falls and although she moved a bit slowly we had such a blessed time with her.. Little did we know that this would be our last Christmas with her..
Our journey back to Namibia was lengthy and we had one very exciting experience as we crossed through Botswana between Nata and Maun... An elephant was walking along the road, towards us and kept us at bay for about 20 mins before walking off into the bush... In all this time of excitement and wonder at this mighty beast just a few metres from us not one of us thought to take pictures or even a video with our cell phones.. What a wasted opportunity.. BUT we made it back to Okahandja..
It's 5:00am On Friday 25th January - the voice on the other end is familiar, it's my brother in Law - he calls to let me know that my mum, who had been in hospital for the past week or so, had just passed away. - By 2:00pm we are on the road and arrive in Zimbabwe on Saturday at about 4pm.. Sadness grips my heart and the heart of my family as we come to terms with the fact that our mum has now passed on from this life. THe void she leaves in our hearts will always remind us of her and we have her memories and wisdom to last for the rest of our lives..
Time to go for now - more to follow later...
