Mac Moments

Cliched as it may sound, Jeffreys Bay beach days were spent singing on the sand as the 3 of us walked on the waters edge arm in arm. It felt a little like The Sound of Music with basket in hand and children running, cart wheeling, splashing in the water and then running back to twist their arms back in mine or hold my hand tightly. Singing ABBA and our favorite Piano Man song, giggling as we chorused past strangers walking and fishing who glimpsed smiles at this crazy bunch of holiday makers skipping along.  Lightened by our days on the beach made our stay the best part of our trip back home. It certainly is one of the places on earth that lightens my soul and allows me to know that my parents are in beauty, that their days are filled with sunshine, sea, smiles, and happiness.   That days are fun and life is worth living every day with joy and love and laughter.  That grandchildren and grandparents are the greatest two...

McManus Clan - 2011 : 'via Blog this'

McManus Clan - 2011: The Wooden Bowl : Someone very special passed this on to me and I wanted to share it with you. I have just spent time with my own parents, and it brought h...

McManus Clan - 2011: The Wooden Bowl : Someone very special passed this on to me and I wanted to share it with you. I have just spent time with my own parents, and it brought h...

Someone very special passed this on to me and I wanted to share it with you. I have just spent time with my own parents, and it brought home to me how we are all going to get old. That one day we may also be sick and in need of extra care and love to see us through. That we will also need the extra hugs and touches to remember. I saw many retired men and women who are on their own, their partners now gone forever, who needed that extra chat from a kind passerby or a hug from their children or grandchildren. Those touches we know so well from our own partners and children are no longer their and that extra bonus of being hugged livens their faces with love and memories. I hope that when I am old that my children, grandchildren, family, friends and even strangers give me the love, hugs and curtesy we all deserve as we age. Enjoy the read: A frail old man went to live with his son, daughter-in-law, and four-year - old grandson.   The old man's hands trembled, his eyesight...