Conny van Balen
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"Nobody puts Baby in the Corner"
"Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner" A friend spoke this quote to me recently and I immediately had an emotional reaction. We had been discussing the imbalance I was feeling between the ‘doing’ of work for other people and the focus I have been able to put into my own passions.
By Conny van Balen3 years ago in Motivation
Fairies & Frost
Marigold flew over the rainbow of flowers blooming in the garden where she lived. Each day she enjoyed seeing new buds sprout and then reveal their kaleidoscope of colours and shapes. She breathed in the fragrances as she flitted from flower to flower. On Marigold’s travels she always stopped at the patch of marigold flowers where she emerged as one of the buds blossomed, her tiny body draped in gold and honey coloured petals. Marigold’s hair was like the sun, radiating a warm yellow glow and flowing freely down her back. Her eyes reflected the brightness of her spirit and her sparkling vibrancy.
By Conny van Balen4 years ago in Fiction
Sad Flora
Flora ran out of the house into the back yard and quickly headed to her favourite place, her tree house. Tears streaming down her face, she climbed the rungs nailed into the tree and crawled through the doorway and sat on a cushion. This day had not turned out the way she expected.
By Conny van Balen4 years ago in Fiction
Frederick the Fridge Elf
Down Wattle Lane in a cream brick house lived the Alder family, Mum, Heather, Dad, Mark, and two teenage children, Juliet and Ross. As you walk in the red front door and past the formal lounge and dining, past the staircase that led to the bedrooms and through the living area, you reach the kitchen. In the spacious kitchen was a sprawling island bench, a row of cupboards and a picturesque view out the bay window to the back yard and tree-filled reserve beyond. Also in the kitchen was an enormous refrigerator with two doors above and a freezer drawer below.
By Conny van Balen5 years ago in Fiction
