MOTW - Luminosity

[Luminosity]

If there was one day you could live over again, what would it be and why?

My first thought was to say my birthday in New Orleans last year, when my fiance proposed (minus my drunken, throwing up episode ).

Yet, a second thought popped into my head and if I had the choice of a day to relive....it would be a day I spent with my nana not long before she died. I would milk every second of it and just have a special day with her.

 

[Luminosity]

Where are you Lumi????



:hugs:

Right here schweetheart

My parents-in-law are living in our bedroom and we're living in our teeny-tiny living room, it feels like one of those mini cars that all those clowns try to squeeze into

:hugs:

 

[Luminosity]

It's like getting hit by a bus on your way to your own birthday party. Yeah, you're still alive and breathing, with one bitchin' story to tell, but everyone is left going "wtfhax?"

You better have a good excuse

Lol, see above! My life has been hijacked

Nahhh, I love em to death, I do! Just not in such cramped conditions for two weeks straight

 

[Rob]

Which is better, Melbourne or Toronto?

Rob

 

[Luminosity]

Oh that's a toughie.....ummm I love my hometown but I have lived here all my life (until Toronto, that is)...and Toronto was an unexplored territory for me that just started feeling like home until I had to pick up and move back to Aus.

If I could have allllll my family in the one spot (meaning my blood family and Josh's brothers and parents etc)...I'd be inclined to say I'd want to live in Melbourne with them all...it's a jewel of a city with everything. One of the magic qualities of this place is all the hidden laneways in the city, filled with the most fabulous cafes,bars,boutiques etc....secret hidden-away places you stumble upon and discover and realise there is another world.

 

[JTHphoto]

One of mine or just my favourite photo of Aus?

originally i was thinking yours, but now my interest is piqued, so I will say both...

 

[photo gal]

Lumi you have such a warm, loving heart........What I want to know is which women have been the most influential in your life and why???



:hugs: :hugs:

 

[Luminosity]

Aww thanks Carolyn! :hugs:

Biggest female influence in my life: my mum. When I was born, she had just turned 16 a couple of months before and was such a young girl, responsible for a baby before her own flower had bloomed entirely. She embraced motherhood in such a beautiful and graceful way and gave me, and my sisters to follow, her entire heart and attention....nurturing our own flowers to full bloom.

In the midst of a crazy, crazy upbringing, surrounded by crime and it's players (which my dad bought to the table, mum never wanted a part of it, ever) she created an eye of the storm for the three of us kids to shelter....which, looking back now, kept a large part of our innocence and childhood intact when it would have been torn away from us, if not for her. She doesn't judge people, she accepts others for who they are and is so calm, has such a beautiful heart.

In her presence, you feel as if you are lying in a field of sunflowers under blue skies, caressed by a gentle breeze and warm, mottled sunlight.

It's mum that shaped who I am the most. I think I'm not as gentle a person as she is, I can be more critical of things but she was the one I clung to as a child, like a koala bear to a tree lol....I hope I soaked up some of her sunlight along the way...

The other woman, who I am a lot like, is my nana. She was the other woman in my life, alongside my mum. My dad was in prison when I was born and my mum could'nt live at HER home as her parents opposed my presence in her swelling belly, so my dad's mum (nana) took her in. Consequently, when I was born, it was my nana's home that became my first home.

I was told that she was so proud of me, she would walk up and down her street pushing me in a stroller and show me off to everyone, just the proud nana. She, too, was such a beautiful, gentle soul....whenever I see or read Maya Angelou, she reminds me SO much of nana, it aint funny. She was active in many community projects and held a lot of jobs. She was a Justice of the Peace, she was an advocate to teenage offenders and streetkids (when they were arrested, she would be called in to act on their behalf and see that the police didn't treat them unfairly, if they didn't have a parent or guardian). She was a Salvation Army Officer, a published writer...amongst many things. She was so well respected and known around Melbourne....when she died, the funeral parlour was so packed that people flowed out onto the street and road. To see high profile people, police officers, judges and the like, alongside streetkids was a marvellous sight and made me so proud of her, that she had people who loved her from all walks of life. That she impacted on so many lives. There were some who stood up at her funeral and told of how she was there for them at their lowest, be it in prison or battling cancer....wow, she succeeded in her life, if just for that.

I got my writing style and abilities from her, our thoughts on things and the way we view the world is, reassuringly, like we are one and the same person.

She still influences me today, I feel her everywhere. Her favourite flower was the sunflower and everytime I see one, I can hear her voice saying "Hello Sweetness, I love you";reminding me that she is always close and is holding me safe.

Josh's mum is a relatively new influence. She is a strong, beautiful woman, has always been career-orientated but always made family number-one priority. Very intelligent, tuned-in woman, who I really admire.

Can't say any women in the public eye have directly and strongly influenced me but I draw from them a little and try to take some things on board. Maya Angelou's writing and way, I love.

Diane Goodall is another and any woman who has devoted their life to their passion and lived true to themselves, I find inspiring.

Btw, great question darl! :heart:

 

[Luminosity]

originally i was thinking yours, but now my interest is piqued, so I will say both...

Ok, soon as I get a chance, I'll get post happy! :thumbsup:

Will post photos that you guys have requested soon!

 

[photo gal]

Thank you Lumi for that wonderful answer!! The women in your life have done well by you!!:hugs: