Saturday, 4 January 2025

Saturday 4th January - Thank you

 There have been so many kind responses to yesterday's post regarding my father. Thank you all; I know I stopped replying to every comment but they are all very much appreciated. We have had soup, and flowers and even cards arriving already as well as many emails from family and friends. 

It's this new age of emails and blogs and social media. Nine years ago when my mother died I made dozens of phone calls, wrote scores of letters. It was exhausting. I have to say I'm very grateful for the speed and ease of digital communication. 

I did wonder whether to even mention my father’s illness and death on this blog; but I started the blog as literally a letter from home to keep in touch with my family and friends. So that's why I went ahead.

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Today was a bit weird, living in a world that carries on as though nothing has changed, and at the same time in a world which is now different. I think this state will continue for some time to come... that's OK. Just go with the flow... 

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We met up with our children this afternoon and caught up on our news over a healthy and nutritious snack of hot chocolate, cake, and some chips. That helped keep the cold winter air at bay! It was lovely to see them, and hand over Lily, washed, brushed and restuffed. That deflated balloon came out of her innards; no wonder she was so lovely and squishy when new, 30 years ago, and suddenly became so skinny a few years later!


We were also able to bring some Christmas presents which didn't arrive until too late for our present-swap meeting before Christmas!

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Driving home through the increasing dusk, I suddenly saw a group of what at first sight looked like scarecrows dressed as Angels, or maybe Wise Men, but all in white. I just caught a quick glimpse, driving past a pub. They were half hidden by a high fence.


Then I realised that they were just a row of furled parasols. They sure had me fooled!

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My line from the Lord's Prayer for today is 'as we forgive those who trespass against us'.  

4 comments:

  1. Life will feel strange for a while I think. You will want to make a phone call but suddenly realise you can't . As you say, go with the flow, dont fight it.
    I think it doesn't hurt to write about our sorrows as well as our joys on the blogs. It's reality. None of us are perfect and the last thing one wants is to appear like an Instagram post where everything is just so wonderful, dahling. It gives the rest of us the chance to empathise, to try to bolster up friends with a few words of sympathy.
    OK, that's enough, Going off to have coffee now.

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  2. Thank you for your wise and encouraging words. 😊

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  3. Yes, I think that life will feel odd for a while. I do think it is important to share what is REALLY going on in life, even if it doesn't read too 'pretty' or positive. That's why I shared, a bit, that I was having some anxiety last week.
    The food of choice with the kids sounds delicious if not healthy!
    Your parasol-confusion is funny!x

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