I know all about scars (video)

This beautiful song touched me so much, I just had to share it as a video. :) Please follow the link bellow, and I hope it encourages you as it does me.

I know all about scars

Oh Lighthouse

Oh lighthouse, thou my safety
Now guide me onward home
Without your shining beacon
How I would feel alone

Shed your light around me
And never let me fall
The rocks and cliffs to warn me
And guide me to the shore

When I can feel the thunder
And see the lightning’s flash
Shine out brighter than the rest
And bring me safely back

For if I wander very far
From you, my faithful light
I fear to lose my very soul
My day is turned to night

Oh lighthouse, thou my safety
Now guide me onward home
And ever shine your light on me
Lest I shall fall alone

-Lucinda Ramsay

Pineapple slice

Here's my latest creation - a yummiful pineapple slice!! :) Hope you enjoy it as much as we did.



Pineapple slice

• 4 T custard powder
• 1 T corn flour
• 2 T Xylitol*
• 2 Cups Soy milk
• 2-3 t imitation vanilla essence (or to taste)
• ½ T maple syrup (or to taste)
• Small tin pineapple pieces (drained)
• Packet of scotch finger biscuits

Mix custard powder, corn flour, and xylitol together with enough soy milk to make a paste. Add remaining milk, and bring to the boil. Once boiling, mixture will thicken very quickly. While still thickening, add vanilla and maple syrup. After mixture has fully thickened (and hard to stir), turn off heat, and leave to cool for a few minutes. Set out biscuits in a medium size baking tin. Add pineapple to custard, stir, and pour over biscuits. Spread out evenly, and set in freezer for 30 minutes or until firm enough to slice.

*Xylitol is a sugar substitute, twice as sweet as ordinary sugar. It is derived from corn and other natural fruit and vegetable sources, and has wonderful health properties, including protection against tooth decay. It is generally available at health food or bulk food stores.

Brighter Day

Brighter day

Dimming now, the setting sun
The day is finally through
The troubles and trials I faced today
Are vanished into the blue

Each step I took, each cross I bore
They’re all now passed away
And though they felt so hard to take
There dawns a brighter day

Some say tomorrow will be the same
A never ending struggle
But I have faith, and look for hope
Through all my current trouble

Yesterday seemed so hard, I know
Then today my trials were worse
But somewhere, maybe, yes, sometime
My heart cannot be hurt

I’ve fought in many battles
I’ve had to see them through
And to this day I wear the scars
Of what I had to do

If only time could bend and change
I’d go and save myself
But oh, the change it’s made to me
Has been for my good health

Why people fight, and lie and hate
My heart just longs to know
Why did they do these things to me
And those that I love so

But people change and feelings grow
And not always for good
It is the saddest of all truths
I’d fix it if I could

Perhaps through trials I will learn
It’s not always about me
That there is more to life than just
What I can feel and see

If my heart is so easily broken
It shows I need repair
That I must fall upon the Rock
To climb out of despair

The fight will make me stronger
The fire make me clean
The battle scars that I must bear
Remind me where I’ve been

And if you’re sitting somewhere now
Feeling that you’re alone
That you’ve lost everything, and everyone
I’ve known what you have known

Sometimes we face things in our lives
That leave us battered, bruised

And though you may never get over it
My friend, you will get through

Dimming now, the setting sun
Your day is finally through
The troubles and trials you faced today
Are vanished into the blue

Each step you took, each cross you bore
They’re all now passed away
And though they felt so hard to take
There dawns a brighter day

-Lucinda Ramsay