Full Name: | Jean Malherbe | Location: | SOUTH AFRICA | Occupation: | Caregiver/retired | Birthday: | August 11th, 1954 | Education: | high school diploma | | Last Login: | 3/5/22 | Join Date: | 2/17/12 | Profile Views: | 119,244 |
About Me: | I am a dedicated caregiver to my elderly Mom, with whom I am co-resident.
I used to be an artist, specialising in miniature paintings, until osteoarthritis forced me to retire from the work I loved.
Beautiful pictures still take up a huge place in my life, as I now spend time with the gorgeous walls I find around the Web.
I love to view and share the ones that are most special to me. None of my uploads are my own...all are found on public domain and for sharing only.
I adore animals of all kinds...but most especially cats; big and small. I have a passion for the plight of Africa's endangered species, but also for others...particularly tigers and elephants.
Lavender and lilies are my most favorite flowers.
| | Interests: | I love movies across a wide range of genres, and I have a substantial library of favorite ones on DVD.
| | Favorite Music: | I have no music that I can regard as fave; my taste in music is very diverse...from Rap to opera and classical. | | Favorite Books: | I love to read. I am a literary proofreader by profession, so all my spare time is dedicated to this. | | Favorite Movies: | Too many to list here, but I love Zac Efron...17 again...loved that one!
I do really enjoy good quality disaster movies. | | Favorite TV Shows: | Mostly wildlife shows with David Attenborough. | Favorite Quotes: | Forgiveness is freedom of the soul. |
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It is so good to be able to write a greeting to all of you!
I had a major life changing event this month. Many of you know that on December 9th I had a massive heart attack. I am so glad to be alive and able to tell you that.
I will never be the same again. I am not talking about what I went through or the 2 stents in my heart. I am talking about mentally. You can't go through something like this without rethinking your priorities and what is most important to you in life...
I won't tell you about every priority that I've set for myself, but there are a couple that you will want to know. One is that I am more committed to Desktop Nexus than ever. I still love and care about this website, in spite of the spam and neglect. You, my friends, make this website a joy to be on. I will do what I can to battle spam and stay in touch with all of you.
I can probably explain the most important priority in my life by talking about my December wallpapers. They are in this post in the exact order that I uploaded them. imo these wallpapers are an accurate description of my life so far this month.
"Christmas Ribbon Dance" is a simple light hearted Abstract I completed about 3 days before I went through the heart attack. (I also had a funny one to go along with it, of a somewhat psychedelic poinsettia. I never finished that one. I'll probably upload it next Christmas.)
[URL=//abstract.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/2530915/]
I created "A Stained Glass Christmas" in the spirit of, "Oh gosh! I'm barely going to have any Christmas wallpapers to upload this month! I've got to get busy creating something!"
[URL=//abstract.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/2530916/]
"A Wonderful Gift" has two hearts in it's design. (At first glance they may not be easy to see.) In the description of this wallpaper I've written about some of the things I went through during my heart attack. I did not go through it alone! God was with me all the way through...
[URL=//abstract.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/2530917/]
The last wallpaper in my post, "O Holy Night" is the reason that I didn't get to upload these wallpapers until Christmas Day. (As I write these words, it is 3am where I live, and yes, it is indeed Christmas!
[URL=//animals.desktopnexus.com/wallpaper/2530918/]
Thank you so much for being my friends. Thank you for the care and the concern and the get well wishes that you all PMed me with and/or posted on my profile page. That meant so much to me...
Have a beautiful, wonderful, and blessed Christmas, everyone. And if you don't celebrate Christmas, have a beautiful, wonderful week ahead!
God bless us, everyone!
Hugs,
Elaine
PS. There is one Desktop Nexus member who is no longer with us. Blueangels1015/Judy went home to be with Jesus on Thursday, December 19th. Grandma Gingerbread/Joyce let me know this just today through a PM. (For anyone who doesn't know, Grandma Gingerbread/Joyce is Judy's sister.)
Joyce is extremely busy right now with funeral arrangements and many other things that must be taken care of when someone passes away. She told me that she would be on DN sporadically for awhile because of that. Here is a link to her profile page in case you would like to send her a sympathy card. (I can only imagine how rough it must be to lose a loved one at this time of year.)
https://my.desktopnexus.com/grandma_gingerbread/