A simple act of kindness goes a long way
First of all, a huge THANK YOU to Carl Spies (http://carlspies.com). Even though I don’t know you personally, you have restored my faith in mankind. You gave me hope that all is not lost and that there are people on this earth that actually care about fellow humans, not because of what they can gain from the relationship, but purely because they care.
Carl send me 2 photography books with Stii and I couldn’t believe it when Stii told me this last night. Maybe it’s because of the kind of work I’m in but I can’t remember when last I have seen such a selfless act. I know it’s only books, but I’m very sentimental when it comes to things like this. Whenever I receive a gift, it’s usually to say “thanks” for what I’ve done or to say “thanks” for what I am about to do.
Again, thanks Carl for opening my eyes and making me see that there is still good hearted people out there.
I’m so excited about my books I couldn’t decide whether to first start reading or to do this post, whilst Stii is ranting & raving about Afrigator’s good reviews. Well done to the Afrigator Guys! Even though I don’t like admitting it, I’m proud to be called “Stii’s wife”.
Carl Spies responded on 14 Dec 2007 at 3:11 am #
Hey Be-linda
I’d like to say it was a completely altruistic gesture but I found myself at Estoril books … at the photography section … and your identity/presence leaped into the forefront of my mind and I thought:
“Dayam that chick writes so authentically and I’m the ‘laat-lammetjie in my family and there’s a 5yr difference between me and my boet and we terrorised my momma so thoroughly and I dig her genuinely non-whining descriptions of her adventures with the boys and how she’s a working mom and is on a mission to take even better photo’s and those candle pics look pretty cool without being ‘biggie-best’ and I’m sure she’d love some photography books even if a stranger bought them and she wouldn’t think I was a weirdo at all and Stii seems really cool and he wouldn’t wanna “klap me stukkend” for being a “naais oke” to their “meisies” like those nasty kids in my neighbourhood who would always do the “wat kyk jy rooinek” thing and stare menacingly at my BMX. Man, those ‘rockspiders’ from Tom Naude Tegniese Hoorskool would always be on our case …
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Of course this flashed by while I was also thinking:
“sheesh, why is this china with the obvious tendency to abuse hair wax and his local tanning salon standing 10cm away from the shelf I’m trying to browse through as well, I should make that intentional ‘throat-clearing’ noise that is so irritating instead of just asking him politely to stop tailgating the photo section”
There was way more rattling around in my head but I’ll stop now ‘cos someone who knows is gonna nag about me writing this blog-size comment and not updating my poor semi-orphaned blog.
So yeah, THANK YOU for writing so well and sharing your insights into being a wife/mom/slave/buddy/nurse/creative/CAW dweller and things - your blog makes me smile and think and want to be a better human being (and completely ignore the is/are-isms
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Belinda responded on 17 Dec 2007 at 9:05 pm #
Stii and I had a good laugh reading your blog-comment-post. Well, thanks again and please leave more comments about your high school years - it sounds very interesting. Or, do a short story series on your blog, we need a good laugh every now and then.