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Date: 17 October 2007 13:10:19

It hasn't been an easy few days, but perhaps things are still working out for the best. Quite an emotional time for everyone; my parents moved to a new place when my father retired (I guess around 25 years ago), and my mother has now decided that she should move into sheltered accommodation - basically a smaller house, with a warden on site. My father died nearly 10 years ago - the year that our daughter was born.

Shortly after we arrived at my mother's house on Saturday evening, my mother and I had a fierce argument over a cupboard which, for some reason I still don't understand, she has been trying to say for years that we should locate in a particular place in our house. She has now taken the door off, so that it looks like a narrow bookcase, and has put memorabilia relating to my father on the shelves. She said again that it should go into our house (after she dies). Obviously I do want to keep these precious things that remind us of my father, but not necessarily where she has decided that they should go. Of course, I was tired from driving, and the disappointment over the caravan; and granny is understandably anxious about the impending move.

Apart from those few minutes, we had a good time at granny's, and she is glad that we were able to spend some time together in the old house. We did help with the packing, but I guess that our presence was more valuable than anything we were able to do.