Tonight Jon-Daniel will be honoured for his brilliant school marks. I suspect that he will be awarded honours for the second time in his highschool career. Vic so desperately wanted to be there last year. It was not to be.
This year, I know, she will be there cheering for her precious son.
Congratulations my Genius! Oumie is so proud of you!!!!
One year ago Vic was around to celebrate Jared’s birthday. It was a milestone filled with sadness. We all knew that Vic would not celebrate his next birthday.
I want to thank one of the bravest young woman, I know, for nominating me for two awards – The Dragon’s Loyalty Award and the Blog of 2013 Award. These are wonderful awards to receive. The Dragon’s Loyalty Award is an award for the loyal fan/commenter, whether the recipient is a fellow blogger or just someone who follows and comments regularly” and the Blog of 2013 Award is exactly what the award name says…The most deserving blog of the year….
There are some rules that one must follow to fully accept The Dragon’s Loyalty Award and they are as follows:
1. Firstly, display the Awards on your site. You earned it and you deserve it!
2. Link back to the person who gave you the award in your acceptance post
3. Nominate 15 well deserving bloggers for the Award and let them know the wonderful news by sending them a message on their site
4. List 7 interesting facts about yourself
Seven facts about me:
5. My 2014 resolution is to write Vic’s Memoirs 6. I have a very inquisitive mind. 7. I love taking close-up portrait photographs
My 15 nominees for both awards are:
Many thanks to my brave and amazingly talented blogger friend Katie Mitchell for nominating me for this award too! Katie Mitchell suffers debilitating pain yet this brave young woman has made it her mission in life to educate the world on Connective Tissue disorders. She is a very talented artist. Katie is truly amazing and I highly recommend stopping by her blog at http://tissuetales.com/2012/10/01/treading-water/.
Instructions for this Award are:
1. Select the blogs you think deserve the ‘Blog of The Year 2013 Award’. *See my 15 nominees above*
2. Write a blog post and tell us about the blog(s) you’ve chosen (There are no minimum or maximum number of blogs required), and present the blogs with their Award.
3. Let the blog(s) that you’ve chosen know that you’ve given them this Award and share the instructions with them. (Please, don’t alter the instructions or the badges!).
4. Come over and say hello to the originator of the ‘Blog of The Year 2013 Award’ via this link:http://thethoughtpalette.co.uk/blog-awards-2-/blog-of-the-year-2013-award/
5. You can now also join the Blog Of The Year Award Facebook Page Click the link here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/BlogoftheYear
6. And as a winner of the award – please add a link back to the blog that presented you with this award – and proudly display the award on your blog – and start collecting stars!
About my nominees:
I have had tremendous support over the past 19 months. These bloggers that I’ve chosen to nominate are the ones who are ever-present in my life online. They are the ones who read my posts, offer words of support and friendship, and help make blogging the amazing thing that it is for me. They have helped me survive the most difficult year of my life. And in turn, their posts, pictures and stories enrich my life on a daily basis. They teach me, make me smile, make me think, and consistently remind me how truly wonderful our community of bloggers is. I have received other awards and will award the rest of my loyal cyber friends. Many of my nominees suffer either debilitating illness, pain or grief. Some of them don’t accept awards. Regardless of this I am still making the award. Thank you for your love and support; all your words of advice and kindness.
You’re all wonderful and deserving of this recognition!
A huge thank you to Patty and Eddie for awarding me this beautiful award.
Patty @ http://petitemagique.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/award-shower-big-time/ is a remedial teacher happens to be gifted writer and poet. Eddie@ http://bishoptatro.wordpress.com/2013/07/06/nominated-twice/ is a Man of The Cloth who journeys through life with a nerve disorder and CPS (Chronic Pain Syndrome), along with a list of other conditions. Eddie uses his writing to educate people who are not aware of them.
This award was created by http://limseemin.wordpress.com. limseemin says in the creation post: “This is the very own award that I create for myself. Is in nice? Haha! I name it that way ” Unique Leaves Award” because I feel that all of the bloggers’ blog are unique. They have their own mesmerizing blog. All the author are shimmers orb! For me, unique is a style to say who you are without having to speak. So I come out of this idea to create this award. Tell me if I am wrong, though.” The direct link to first award is right here.
Now that the History Lesson is over on to the Rules.
RULES
How Unique I Am?
I actually thought about this award for a long time. I don’t think I am unique at all. I researched the word “unique”. u·nique
[yoo-neek] and found the following definition:
Adjective
So I chose No 5 – “not typical; unusual: I gave birth to a very unique child. I carried a child in my belly for less than 9 months but carried her in life for a further 4027 days. My uniqueness lies in the bravery of the child I gave birth to. I gave birth to a child who did not know how to give up; how to die…
A young woman who loved love unconditionally and was able to forgive… So on behalf of Vicky I gracefully accept this unique leaves award.
Thought About Unique
Vic loved fearlessly. She lived fearlessly. She died bravely.
Nominees
Once again – a huge thank you to Patty and Eddie for this beautiful award!!
This is a lovely award. Vic loved butterflies.
The transformation that the butterfly goes through shows a powerful symbolism and likeness to human beings. The different stages, the difficulties, and finally emerging into a beautiful and colorful butterfly which once was an unattractive crawling creature, also shows the power of human beings to surpass challenges, learn, and then eventually soar to greater heights. Just as the butterfly has to go through some not so attractive stages, a person’s life can through similar situations as well, but ultimately, in the end, reach one’s full potential and become majestic and beautiful.The butterflies that we see in our gardens do not only keep the balance of nature, but for some people, they have a higher purpose. They are souls of departed ones who have come to give blessing, or spending time with you as they wait for their turn to pass through purgatory.
Leaving that aside, to comply with the rules of the nomination, I would like to thank Lucinda Elliot for the award. Lucinda, a published author, writes and lives in mid Wales. She likes gothic, dystopias, historical and steampunk. She has a superb sense of humour and has the ability to make her words “dance”. Lucinda’s blog is beautifully written and can be found on http://sophieandemile.wordpress.com
Five things that make me happy.
This is so difficult as I have so many wonderful friends who are always there for me. I have taken the five people who comment most on my blog.
Thank you for always being there for me. Thank you for your kind words of support. Thank you for caring. Thank you for always being here when I need you.
I received this award from my good friend Shaun@ http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com Shaun is really a great friend and supporter. Recently Shaun and his partner Dawn did a post on Vic and I. http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2013/06/29/great-bloggersfriends-5-vic-tersia-tersia-burger/ I was so humbled by the beautiful gesture. Shaun honours Vic’s memories… My first post Shaun ever read was the day Vic died. Since then Shaun has truly become a pillar of strength to me. Thank you Shaun and Dawn for your compassionate caring and support! You deserve to receive this award as well…from me!
The rules are simple, because simple is good.
1. Display the award on your blog.
2. Thank the person who sent it to you.
3. Answer a rhetorical question of the authors choosing.
4. Send on the award to everyone you consider a loyal reader.
Rhetorical Question:
If you were on a deserted island, how would you survive? I wouldn’t. I need electricity, warm water, tea and a bed! I would also need litres of insect repellent! I am a creature of comfort!
Loyal readers who read my blog and speak back – in no particular order:
The people I selected make a great effort to read my blog and leave comments. PLEASE, visit all their blogs, they are amazing people, writers and bloggers.
Today I stumbled across an amazing blog. It is a blog about kindness…. http://kindnessblog.com
Please pop in there. Let’s all think about “kindness” and make it our goal to perform just one special act of kindness every day! It has to be a special act of kindness that actually takes an effort.
Vic was a kind and generous person. Her legacy is one of kindness and generosity. So I have come up with an award… The Rose of Kindness Award. I would like to add that we need to remember that our existence here is fragile, and we never have as much time with people as we think we do. If there is someone or someone’s out there that you love, don’t neglect that and don’t put off engaging with them because death waits for no-one… Be kind and gentle. Cherish your relationships remember to be kind…. Pay it forward!
Rules of the Rose of Kindness Award
So I have to nominate some kind people.
My suggested act of kindness: On Mother’s Day and Father’s Day, remember any friends who have lost a parent the previous year, and check in with them. Those will be tough days.
This was such an amazing award to receive! Thank you Shaun. Shaun @ http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com is my Scottish friend…He is a compassionate, funny, crazy friend. He is so generous! The award actually says everything I could possibly say about him…
Patty, @ http://petitemagique.wordpress.com created this wonderful award. This is a new award so I am terribly honoured to be one of the first ever nominations of this award. Patty only nominated Shaun so I am one of the firsts to ever receive this award! http://petitemagique.wordpress.com/2013/06/06/awards/
Patty says The “Semper Fidelis Award” means “Always Faithful” in English. ”I created this award because I wanted to do something special for my friends on WordPress. Semper Fidelis is Latin and means Always Loyal. Loyalty means the world to me. I am very loyal myself, but I’ve got major trust issues as well. And I think trust is very important if you are sharing so much of yourself with people you meet through the internet. So I am working on that!
Why the wolves? Because wolves have very strong ties with their pack. Like a family or a great group of friends. And I just love them!
This award stands for the loyalty and love between friends”
The Rules:
I now nominate My Wolf Pack. Shaun, you are already one!
I desperately tried to stick to the rules but I cannot! Please forgive me Patty and Shaun. I could add another 100 names to my acceptance and I would love to! I do not mean to slight anyone by not nominating you! I appreciate each and every one of my regular followers and friends!
Thank you dear Shaun for your generosity and friendship! Thank you Patty for coming up with this amazing award!
Thank you so much to http://theseeker57.wordpress.com and my dear friend Shaun @ prayingforoneday for this wonderful award. It is an honour to be nominated by fellow bloggers that I follow and greatly admire. I would like to dedicate this award to my beautiful child whose bravery and suffering have influenced hundreds of people all over the world. Vic was the person who influenced me most in my life. This award is for you Angel Child. THE RULES: 1-Display the award logo on your blog. 2-Link back to the person who nominated you. 3-Answer 7 questions. 4-Nominate ( no limit of nominations ) other bloggers for this award and link back to them. 5-Notify those bloggers of the award requirements. The 7 Questions (Can you all please answer the same questions) Thanks THE 7 QUESTIONS: 1-If you could create your planet what would it look like? – no hunger, hardship or war. 2-If you could visit one nation you have never visited before, what nation would that be? – Russia – It is on my bucket-list. 3-Have you ever taken a long distance train trip? – No, 4-What is something you would collectively change about humanity? – Dishonesty, incompetence and Greed, 5-What is your favorite song? NEVER ALONE – LADY ANNABELLA AND JIM BRICKMAN http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnNK4Alwbsw
6-If you could meet one person who is still alive who would you choose to meet? – Nelson Mandela 7-If you could choose one symbol to represent you, what would that symbol be and why? – Symbol of Peace I now nominate some bloggers, the limit can be 1 or 100, your choice.
Well done all 15… Please accept and give to 15 others blogs Love and well wishes Tersia |
I admit it openly and honestly – I LOVE getting awards. I think that deep down we all crave recognition, acceptance and love. I have found this on Word Press. I have met WONDERFUL people who have loved and supported me for the past year. It is a very powerful thing to be recognised by a blogger I find not only incredibly inspirational, but funny and thought-provoking too.
Shaun from Praying for One Day awarded me the Wonderful Team Membership Readership Award,which of course I graciously accepted. Shaun is one of my favourite bloggers who has become a wonderful friend. The first post of mine that Shaun ever read was https://tersiaburger.com/2013/01/25/vic-has-left-home-for-the-last-time/ Sometime later Shaun wrote me an email or a comment, I am unsure which it was…He wrote that after he read my post he and his partner Dawn cuddled and sat in silence for a long time weeping for Vic. Shaun always leaves a comment, hug or word of encouragement. Shaun has been awarded this award 6 or 7 times and with good reason. He is a Wonderful Team Reader who truly deserves this award!
1. Display the logo on your page.
2. Finish the sentence: A great reader is…
A great reader is… someone who takes the time out of his/her busy life to read my ramblings of grief, leave a comment, hug, advice… A great reader is someone who reaches out from cyberspace and cries with me, laughs with me and cares for me. A great reader is my wonderful WordPress friends!
3. Nominate 14 readers I appreciate.
4. Inform the readers with either comments or pingbacks.
These are just 14 of a long list of treasured blogger friends who are truly worthy of this award. There are many, many other bloggers whom I treasure and who inspires and supports me in my grief journey.
Thank you to each and every one of my blogger friends!!
I am so honoured to receive this WordPress Family Award from not one blogger but two!! How blessed can I be?
Thank you dear Jane @ http://johannisthinking.com and Shaun @ http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/ Both Jane and |Shaun are great bloggers, and their follower figures reflect it. Jane has 375 followers and Shaun 696……I think the reason why they have such great stats is because they care!! They comment, email, care and share. Their blogs are filled with real-world life, happiness, sadness, pain, compassion and laughter… They share their joys and sorrows.
So this award is about being part of the Word press Family!
I started blogging almost a year ago. It was just after my BFF and Dad’s one year anniversary and Vic had made the decision to let nature take its course. It was a difficult time for the family. We were helplessly watching Vic die – little by little every day. Her pain was unbearable.
My blog started off cautiously focussing on Vic’s pain. Tracy @ http://ohwhatapain.wordpress.com/ opened my eyes Vic’s pain – I could “feel” Vic’s pain after I met Tracy; Katie Mitchell @http://connectivetissuedisorders.wordpress.com/ – an incredibly brave young woman who encouraged me when she is in so much pain of her own… I could “see” life through an ill person’s eyes…”feel” her pain through the eyes and words of other Chronic Pain Sufferers.
I grew more comfortable sharing and started blogging more about my fears and emotions… Ultimately about Vic’s death and our grief as a family.
Today I have 210 followers. Many of them have become my cyber family! They love and care for me, my family and my precious Vic. They offer hugs, love, compassion, sympathy and advise. They care unconditionally. They do not criticize my writing, punctuation, spelling or grammar…
I have found friendships and love in cyberspace that I did not know existed. It has also opened my eyes to the fact that there are good people in the world. People who care…. It enabled me to open my heart and life to real life friends too…
I love my blogging family! Love you guys.
I know there are slightly more than 10 nominations. I PRAY I did not omit a precious friend’s blog. If I did, please do not be offended. Blame it on the flu.
This is an award for everyone who is part of the “WordPress Family” I started this award on the basis that the WordPress family has taken me in, and showed me love and a caring side only WordPress can show. The way people take a second to be nice, to answer a question and not make things a competition amazes me here. I know I have been given many awards, but I wanted to leave my own legacy on here by creating my own award, as many have done before. This represents “Family” we never meet, but are there for us as family. It is my honor to start this award.” from Shaun @ http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/
1. Display the award logo on your blog.
2. Link back to the person who nominated you.
3. Nominate 10 others you see as having an impact on your WordPress experience and family.
4. Let your 10 Family members know you have awarded them. There is a real problem here since this award spread like wildfire but I think I can find ten who should be recognized
5. That is it. Just please pick 10 people who have taken you as a friend, and spread the love.
My blogging friends and family as follows…
10. http://hopethebean.wordpress.com/ – Mel Lefebvre
11. http://maryrussell12.wordpress.com/ – Journey through Grief
12. http://deaconfamilyblog.wordpress.com/ Wendie Deacon
13. http://talktodiana.wordpress.com/
14. http://janevanwyk.wordpress.com – chdmum
15. http://mymomsmemoirs.wordpress.com
16. http://doilooksick.wordpress.com/
17. http://furrynuff.wordpress.com/ Victoria Bruce
18. http://grammarofgrief.wordpress.com/ – Uma Girish
19. http://drbillwooten.com/ – Bill Wooten
20. http://jesussavingmefromme.wordpress.com/ – Michelle
21. http://sophieandemile.wordpress.com/ – Lucinda Elliot
22. http://barefootbaroness.org/ BB
23. http://picturesofsilverbyjanice.wordpress.com/ Janice
24. http://connectivetissuedisorders.wordpress.com/ Brave Katie Mitchell
27. http://smilescavenger.wordpress.com/
28. http://whatcherylsaid.wordpress.com/
30. http://missmorgansmom.wordpress.com/
31. http://idealisticrebel.wordpress.com/
32. http://lymphomajourney.wordpress.com/
33. http://poemattic.wordpress.com/
34. http://wordsfallfrommyeyes.wordpress.com
35. http://ohwhatapain.wordpress.com/
Thank you to all my friends and followers for their support, comments and awesome posts!
You have made my journey bearable. Thank you for allowing Vic and I into your lives! Thank you for restoring my faith in mankind…
Thank you to my dear friend Shaun (and his beloved Dawn) at http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2013/04/07/the-thank-you-award-3/ for this beautiful award.
During Vic’s brave journey I have had phenomenal support from Cyber Space. I want to use this opportunity to thank each and every one of my 209 followers for caring, leaving hugs and encouraging comments. I know that Vic’s journey had an effect on many people’s lives. Some found it difficult to follow our journey and others persevered.
Some people wrote me emails, many left encouraging comments, others prayed for us, some wrote beautiful poetry tributes to Vic, some dedicated songs to her…..Many just left “hugs” …. Some of you lit candles for my child, cried with me…
I need you to know how much I appreciated your support, advice and love.
So, contrary to the rules of the award I am not awarding the award to six bloggers. I am awarding it to all my blogger friends. Thank you for your love, compassion, advice, kindness, love and support. I could never have gotten through this terrible time without your love and support. From the bottom of my heart “THANK YOU!”
I would be remiss in thanking my beautiful Vic for the honour and privilege of being your Mom. I love you with all my heart and always will.
RULES :
1. As usual a big thank you and a link back to the person who nominated you.
2. Mention 5 things you would like to do with your life, no matter how mad or tame.
3. Nominate six bloggers and say why they have left their mark on you. Hence the name “The Thank You Award”
4. Let them know.
5. Say a big THANK YOU TO EVERYONE ON WORDPRESS!!
5 Things about me that are Mad or Tame
1. I got a motorbike for my 50th birthday
2. I would rather travel to a war-torn country like Afghanistan than any European country
3. I want to be the oldest person ever to parachute
4. I love travelling and exploring on my own
5. I will eat oleander leaves if I am I ever diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
I now nominate all my Blogger Friends for the THANK YOU AWARD… I thank you all!
With love from my blog to yours…..
http://doilooksick.wordpress.com/2013/01/06/the-reality-blog-award/
Rachel Meeks is a respected professional writer and filmmaker. She was diagnosed with endometriosis three years ago. Her goal for this site is to raise awareness for all invisible illness, and to provide support, answers, and smiles to her readers. Vic suffered from severe endometriosis and I know how painful the condition is. Rachel has become a good friend. Thank you for this award Rachel. You are great!
I dedicate this wonderful award to my precious child. Vic, you were so real, amazing, lovely, inspiring, touching and your energy was contagious. Half a breath of oxygen in your little lungs and you would be organising a party! Love you Angel Child!
The rules that accompany this award are:
1) Show appreciation of the blogger who nominated you and link back to them in your post.
2) Add the award logo to your blog
3) Share 7 things about yourself
4) Nominate 5 – 10 or more bloggers you admire.
5) Contact your nominees to let them know!
Seven Things About Me:
1. I am a wannabee blogger who needs to publish a book on Vic’s journey
2. I have a horrible singing voice – it runs in the family.
3. I have decided to reach out to people – I have closed people out of my life long enough
4. I find knitting very relaxing. I can only knit squares but it is cool.
5. I am considering starting a blog on weight loss – I need to lose 15 kgs and a blog may keep me motivated
6. I am a gypsy at heart – I was born with wings on my feet. I love travelling!
7. I have more cyber friends and support than “real life” friends and support.
The Nominees:
10. http://sophieandemile.wordpress.com/ – hope you accept dear Lucinda!
11. http://picturesofsilverbyjanice.wordpress.com/ – Janice is a brilliant artist – go check her blog.
Please check these blogs out. They are really cool. Thank you all for your continued support and friendship!
Big thank you to Shaun, you are a great friend and I happen to be Chairperson of your Fan Club! Shaun at http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2013/04/25/interesting-blogger-award/ thank you for this amazing award. It is my first too!
Award rules.
5 things about myself
1. I would like to be my friend if I could not be myself
2. I would love to visit Russia – mid winter.
3. I hope to retire in 4 years time
4. My favourite song is “Never Alone” by Jim Brickman and Lady Annabelle –
5. I love reality TV shows and Word Games
I now nominate 5 or more bloggers for this award
1. Uma Girish at http://grammarofgrief.wordpress.com/ for her helpful blog on grief and surviving loss
3. http://verbalbanter.wordpress.com a wonderful blog about life and it’s irritations and frustrations.
4. http://drbillwooten.com/ is a blog filled with good music and wisdom. Bill you are a kind and gentle friend. Thank you
6. http://throughthehealinglens.com is about a bloggers battle with debilitating, chronic pain.
8. http://untraveledroads.wordpress.com/a personal journal of coping with and transcending pain
10. http://barefootbaroness.org is one of my favourite blogs. BB is a charming, gentle woman who has been an amazing friend. Thank you BB.
5 questions for you all
1. Who would you like to be, if you could not be yourself.?
2. If you could visit ANY place on Earth, where would it be?
3. What is your favourite Movie?
4. What is your favourite Song?
5. Why did you start blogging?
Thank you once again Shaun. You are a wonderful friend and blogger!!
Vic's Final Journey 