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| Merja Stenman Bjorn |
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| Hi all, This year 2005 has been the most rewarding year in my life-except my two sons birth years, before. I've learned to focus on living in the present again and daydreaming of the future. I feel free of my past as much as possible, cos I've got an identity that reamins and stays here in the present. I've stopped contaminating my marriage with my past invalidism. Yes, I never brought that upon myself, but it was certainly my choice to move on - to go ahead. I was so scared, petrified, to make that choice, but I did and stood by it and with it same so many blessings and this "regular boring life" which I think is great. I've experienced enough excitement - God be my witness! I've enjoyed my new day-job in the department of Ministry, but only my Maker knows where I'm heading to. I could not dream of better customers than the staff at Ministry including the two Ministers, but I still keep my options open... I've felt for a long time that I'm standing at a cross-road... Am looking for something else at the moment? Noper! But I am a hard bargain for my supervisors (who are not physically at the Ministry), cos I am so punctual and demanding and overall pendant. I will give the staff at the Ministry also ANYTHING and I don't take "no" for an answer (of course in reason), but I lost track a long time ago of my memo's and small advisor notes. I have it in my heart to make the customers feel as exquisite and pampered as possible. I think it's good service policy. Nothing else. It's safe to say that I'm very passionate about the customers and clientel in general. And that of course makes ME super and one of a kind which of course I hear weekly from them. Well, that's my motivation through it all. My greatest rewards work-wise this year has been arranging the VIP dinners to the "high up" in the Ministry. It does feel gret when they switch their annual Council of State "gatherings" from their own staterooms for me to arrange to "my" Ministry. It's like they're showing a red flag to a bull. I do it and I do it with all in me! My boys are handsome as you can see and of course Markku is... The boys enjoy school. Teemu has been adjusting well to high school and the youngest Ossi is so social it's hard to keep his phone from ringing all the time with his buddies asking him out to play etc. Markku is doing well his work as a "contract secretary" in the Union of service Industry PAM. I do get older, but in a way I feel much "together" and mostly as a woman. In Finland it's dark and rainy (almost snow) and we are trying to escape to warmer "horizons" during Christmas time/Spain. Least but not last: A HUGE BIG THANK YOU for all of you who so generously gave your undivided attention and comfort to me last year. It meant the world to me, and I am more than cretain, gave me strength to start living the life I was meant to, after all these years "in the wilderness". Many, many dry years, one could say. A very Merry Christmas and a rewarding New Year 2006! Let's keep talking ! Merja Drop by any time ! |
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