Happy Birthday Dad 90 today OK, so I know Dad does not have the internet, but this is my tribute to a great man. Former soldier, a driver mechanic in REME, demobbed after the campaign in Palestine. Dad was one of the last to leave, towing a number of vehicles to the port. After …
Category: Family
That did not work
The best laid plans, and all that The last 2 weeks in September my wife and I were on holiday in Ibiza. Not the holiday, the holiday was not the thing that did not work: The holiday was great, it was the first time we have ever returned to a destination the following year. It …
Dementia is cruel
Mum is 86 today, and suffering from dementia. It is sad to watch the deterioration of someone you love as she is slowly being overcome by a disease that leaves the body mostly unaffected but takes away all that makes the person who they are. Traces of personality are either taken away or twisted or …
Claiming a small victory
It's about Mum. Mum has Atzheimer's and is living in a home. I see her when I can. I visited twice this last week. On the second visit she called me Steven: She got my name right. Two years ago, before I started the present job, and before she was in care, I spent some …
Making an ass of myself 