It's been a while since I last wrote. Two weeks ago, my uncle died. It was Wednesday, the 17th if I remember right. That week was the first phonecall I've had from my mother for a while, as it's too expensive to keep phoning, and we just email. As she started to speak and told me she had bad news, the first thing on my mind was, "Mor-mor has passed away." (She is my now 94 … [Read more...] about My Uncle’s death
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Our 1st Wedding Anniversary
Wow, time really does fly, and not just when you are having fun, although it has been. Today marks the first year of our marriage. On this day a year ago, we were at the Westville Baptist Church making our vows to each other. Since then we have had two other weddings, so it has almost been a wedding year for us, which is very nice, but was also quite stressful, with the last … [Read more...] about Our 1st Wedding Anniversary
Lots of photos
Announcing major updates to www.peterandava.com I have taken a lot of time to get all my pictures up on the website with lots of comments on nearly all of them. Please take the time to browse around and enjoy. Most importantly my wedding pictures are all up from both the wedding in South Africa and the one is Taiwan … [Read more...] about Lots of photos
Death and Sorrow
This Thursday August 10th, 2004, Ava's friend, affectionately know as 'the boxer' committed suicide. I know this may seem awfully morbid, but in the midst of such a sorrowful event, there are things to be learnt, and things we can do. On Thursday night, Ava saw on the TV that 'boxer' had died, and immediately phoned his family to find out what had happened. We went together to … [Read more...] about Death and Sorrow
So how can we make a difference?
I have been talking about blame in my previous two articles, and how it is so destructive. But what other choice do we have? Firstly, we are humans, born free. What I mean is that we are free in our own minds. Nobody can take away what we have in our own heads, at least not yet. No matter what our situation, we are the one who is solely in charge of our own mind. But that … [Read more...] about So how can we make a difference?