Aaaah. I haven't said anything for ages because I couldn't think of anything to say that anyone would be interested in.
But I realise I am a bad, inadequate, communicator. I think all the time (don’t we all?). but to don’t tell my family and friends what I am thinking about they and they don’t realise at all how important they are to me,
Right now I realise that I am at a change of life. At Easter we went to Piers and Sarah, For years and years the family would come to us for an easter egg hunt and a good lunch. But now we are glad to be invited the next generation down. Similarly, this weekend we might have had Reuben, grandson, to stay, but he preferred to be in the company of his school mates. Of course he did, he’s no longer a small dependent child, he’s a young growing person. We are moving to the back of the stage, or even to the audience, watching rather than leading. It happens.
This week Hector came over to spend time with Reuben and me teaching us to play poker. He was wonderful. He was confident, kind, a great teacher, and the clear leader amongst us. Reuben loved learning and playing th egame and so did I. Hector awarded prizes and encouraged us to continue playing, He is wonderful;.
Years ago I was happy, delighted, to take the young people to explore all the bridges from here to Bristol, or to take them to London to go to the Tate and the Top of St Pauls and to ride bikes, through the park and down Oxford Street. And they were happy to share the experience.
Now they will tell me what to do and where. That’s if they talk at all.
It’s called getting old.
But I realise I am a bad, inadequate, communicator. I think all the time (don’t we all?). but to don’t tell my family and friends what I am thinking about they and they don’t realise at all how important they are to me,
Right now I realise that I am at a change of life. At Easter we went to Piers and Sarah, For years and years the family would come to us for an easter egg hunt and a good lunch. But now we are glad to be invited the next generation down. Similarly, this weekend we might have had Reuben, grandson, to stay, but he preferred to be in the company of his school mates. Of course he did, he’s no longer a small dependent child, he’s a young growing person. We are moving to the back of the stage, or even to the audience, watching rather than leading. It happens.
This week Hector came over to spend time with Reuben and me teaching us to play poker. He was wonderful. He was confident, kind, a great teacher, and the clear leader amongst us. Reuben loved learning and playing th egame and so did I. Hector awarded prizes and encouraged us to continue playing, He is wonderful;.
Years ago I was happy, delighted, to take the young people to explore all the bridges from here to Bristol, or to take them to London to go to the Tate and the Top of St Pauls and to ride bikes, through the park and down Oxford Street. And they were happy to share the experience.
Now they will tell me what to do and where. That’s if they talk at all.
It’s called getting old.