At The End Of A Storm, There's A Golden Sky
Today has been a rather quiet day because Anadi's and my tummy's have been rather troubled...!
We had felt vibrant all day yesterday, but when we arrived back yesterday evening, to our little house on the side of the rock, we both said that our tummy's felt awry...!
My tummy then spent the night throwing everything inside it - out... In very dramatic form....!
And Anadi joined in at 6.30 am...
At ten to three in the morning, because sleeping wasn't possible due to the cramps in my tum... I said to Anadi, 'please would you sing to me...'
He has a lovely singing voice....
He was a professional musician for twenty years and he has made grand efforts since we met to help me sing in tune..!
I am taken back to times in the music room at school with my friend Wends, who put in lots of effort too - to help me to sing...
It is one of those things in life that I have always loved doing - others not so much :) which hasn't come that naturally to me...!
When I was 8 years old I wanted to sing a solo in the school nativity... This may well be where my belief that anything is possible arose from!
I spent lots of time with Mrs Nicholson, the music teacher at school practicing and practising, until with great triumph I was able to sing Edelweiss unaccompanied....
I wasn't given a solo, but I did get to sing 'Once in Royal David's City as a duet with Elizabeth Waring, she was the best singer in the school, so I did have someone to carry me along...
'What would you like me to sing...?'
Given the festive time, a Christmas Carol might have been the obvious choice, however, I requested
'When you walk through a storm '
Anadi didn't know the song!
We discovered Doris Day singing it on youtube ...
It calmed my body down to listen to her...
And to sing along too...
'When you walk through a storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of a lark
Walk on through the wind
Walk on through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone...'
I have had a big fever, so today has been very slow, and Anadi's tum and head felt sore...
We lay here awhile this morning and then decided a bit of something in our bodies would be good, so we climbed the steps for some breakfast...I had some water melon and yoghurt and we stroked the white cat with different coloured eyes...
She then jumped onto our table for extra attention...
Anadi managed some scrambled egg!
We came back at 11am to our appartment and lay on the bed and slept for 2 hours before the young Thai woman knocked on our door wanting to clean it...
We made our way very gently into town and bought electrolyte drink and Imodium - the pharmacist was very helpful...I am imagining that the Thai people must be very used to westerners tummies not coping well and being easily felled...!
We sat on the beach and mixed up our electrolyte drink and felt better for moving about a bit....
Then the rain came so we sat under the awning of a building on a step until it had passed; there is nothing like being ill to strip away any plans or thoughts... Until I had a plan!
'Shall we have a foot massage..'
We walked slowly to the little wicker lean too and were welcomed back, we lay side by side. I was asleep almost the moment my head hit the pillow and I have not much memory of the treatment...
I didn't even hear the rain; Anadi told me that we avoided being out in a very big downpour...
We then came back here as we just wanted to be quiet and still and away from the madness that is 'Phi Phi Central'... Ond made me toast and honey and a bowl of yogurt for my supper
Anadi managed rice and coconut soup...
And then we lay down on our bed,
Anadi is sleeping.
I am checking in to say hello....!
Julia didn't go running today!!
But she is reflecting about meeting a snake on the path, not just a snake, but a snake devouring something for its tea... And remembering the words Anadi found yesterday about the snake totem...
'When the snake spirit animal appears in your life, it likely means that healing opportunities, change, important transitions, transformation and increased energy are manifesting...'
Bring it on...!! :)
