Images of 2011

I

watched as

horrible

shockingly strong

images splashed across my T.V. screen

Raging

Water rushed

Towards our homes

Torrents so strong

stealing our homes and lives of loved ones.

Ripping the core of our town in broken pieces

Starring at

Unrecognizable

Town streets

Gone!

Inpact of Floods

Inpact

Fear

Grips

Terrifying

We brace to face

Descending waters that

Spiral towards us.

What

Lies

Underneath

Murky brown water

That

Creeping

Towards us

Gathering speed.

Brown

Raging

Destructive

Water descends

Our homes ahead.

It

Will take

Those who live

Directly ahead

As the waters rage

With destructive force.

Water

Washed

Away all

Within its path

Leaving stinking brown mud.

Grief

Rips

Through town

Our Community

Torn apart like

Ruin homes we stand

Witnessing brokenness of spirits.

How

Do we

Begin to

Rebuild shatter

Homes and lives

We

For now

Must burry

Our loved ones

To grieve what we have lost

Debbie Chilton, Copyright (c) 2011

Photo (c) Paul Chilton, 2011 

Recounting 2011 Floods

Photo Paul Chilton (c) 2011



2011 Floods


Rain

More rain

Ground soaked

Run off began

Heavy rain continued

Rivers started to swell

Rising higher with more rain

Bremer River broke its bank

Water oozed through suburban streets

Invading our houses with rising water

Taking all things in its path captive

Its destructive waters ripping many lives apart

Nothing or no one in its course could be spared

Devastation and destruction revealed afterwards

Debbie Chilton Copyright (c) 2011

Queensland Children in Crisis - Book Appeal

CHILDREN IN CRISIS

I am a member of the Society of Women Writers, we are currently in the process of establishing a Children's book appeal to support Kids who are victims of the Queensland Floods. Here is a letter I received today.

Children’s Books Flood Appeal

Books for Children in Crisis project – A BIG Book Drive

The children of the flood are constantly in our thoughts. There are many right now who have lost all their favourite things, who are too young to understand how their world has been turned upside down, why mummy and daddy are crying, and where their little dog has gone.



Remember the books that took you away from everyday troubles when you were a child? Since we were small we have all gained a great deal of enjoyment, inspiration and relaxation through books. Reading (or in the case of a young child, being read to) transports us to a place where the anxieties and the stresses that surround us can be pushed into the background for a time.



Unfortunately books are also one of the most common casualties of flooding. Providing children with books right now might be one of the most healing things we can do.



The Books for Children in Crisis project aims to collect as many children’s books as possible and send them in bundles to community organisations in the flood affected areas of regional Queensland, Brisbane and Ipswich, to be distributed to children of families that have lost homes and possessions in the recent floods.



Collection centres are currently being established in various centres across Queensland and arrangements for book distribution by local community groups in the targeted areas are under way.



This project is not about short-term or immediate help; it is about looking ahead to recovery. For many families affected by the floods, available household finances will need to be directed towards essential items only for some time to come. And through necessity books are not likely to be high on the priority list.



Yes, this is just a very small thing to do … but if a book can help bring a smile to the face of a child who has lost almost everything, then it will be worth it.



Judy Bandidt



18 January, 2011





Contact person and Sunshine Coast Collection Centre:



Judy Bandidt

199 Shurvell Road

Hunchy

Palmwoods QLD 4555



Postal address:

Judy Bandidt

P O Box 453

PALMWOODS QLD 4555





Contact details:

judy.bandidt@gmail.com

07 5478 5702

0427 745 579







Brisbane Collection centre:



Sue Wagner

24 Marney Street

Chapel Hill QLD 4069



Contact details:

wagnersue217@gmail.com

07 3378 8434

0412 145 644







Gympie Collection Centre



(to be confirmed)

I will post more details as they come available

 

Christmas Pics

Wow! For Me! I like Christmas . . .

Was the night before Christmas, not a creature was
stirring not even a cat at Deb's house . . .

Santa's Visit

Matt, Ryan, Chloe, Andy

Christmas Eve



Matt, Ryan, Chloe and Andrew



Christmas Blessings!

Celebrate Christmas




Without Christmas there would be no Easter,

No Christ Child to rescue those fallen on earth,

No grace to give us reason to hope,

No joy or peace, nor the presence of eternal love.



No angels would have announced his birth,

No Shepherds would come to worship Him.

No wise men would come to present the gifts,

To foretell the agony and torture of His death.



No one to take our place on the cross,

No Saviour to shed his blood for us,

No removal of the stain of our sin,

No such thing as everlasting life in the presence of the king.



So celebrate Christmas

The birth of the Redeemer,

Savour the Hope, Peace and Joy,

Remembering the child born to die on the cross!



Debbie Chilton (c) copyright Christmas 2010

Wishing you a Happy Christmas

 

and a

 

Safe journey through 2011.

 

Blessings

 

Debbie Chilton

 

It's International Day of People with Disabilities!

A day for people with disabilities to celebrate the ABILITIES

So here's a poem to celebrate some of my abilities



LITTLE GEMS!



I may have a disability,

But let’s focus on ABILITIES!

My would contains many gems,

So let me share a few of them.



To fight for those who can’t speak,

To look for answers they can’t seek,

To be a voice through my pen,

By spilling out my little gems.



I look at the world with different eyes,

To share my secrets with the unwise,

To learn to laugh, love and play,

To plan adventures for future days!



To challenge that of status quo,

To laugh even when I’m feeling low,

To inspire people to dream,

Challenging them to swim up stream,



To show the world a different way,

Inviting them to come and play,

Although I need to bend the rules,

I too can play to secure my jewels.



Ok so my gems may differ,

And you play a little quicker,

I can still win this game of life,

Gaining my piece of paradise,


Copyright Debbie Chilton 2010

A CHALLENGE!

 

Whether you like it or not we all have disabilities,

So you can see while others you can't,

A disability is something that impairs ones ability

to perform a task, without the assistance of an 'aid'.

So if you're reading this with your glass on

I'm afraid to tell you that you have a disability.

A disability may be physical, intellectual, psychological,

emotional, behavioural, social, or financial.

So if you can cross all those things off 

Congulations your one of the very few people who

Don't have a disability.

 

Oh yeah, if you don't wear glasses, but

you find yourself enlarging the font to 

read my blog or need to move a book

closer or further away then that's a

disability too!

 

HAVE A GREAT DAY!