Mac Moments

The decision to have another little person was a contentious issue between us. Steve was happy with just one, I wanted a second. Two reasons. Firstly, I think being an only child can be very lonely when you are young and as you grow older. Secondly, a palm reader had told me I would only have one child and that I would have two husbands. I did not like those odds, so I decided to change them. Our second little person came a lot sooner than we had anticipated. Sean had taken two years to conceive, we figured it would take as long, if not longer for a second little bundle to arrive. One month after deciding to begin the new adventure, I was pregnant. We were in SHOCK. 22 months between them was not what we had counted on. By the time I was ten days overdue, I was ready to take her out myself. Being induced was not fun and after initially rejecting the epidural, 6 hours later I was demanding the anesthetist's attention. As the hours passed, the Gynae insisted I have a C-sect...

I was certainly not ready for Father's Day this year. I thought it was on the 20th, which does not make sense, I promise I saw it written somewhere! By the time I realized that it was upon us already, City Center and Villagio were now shut down (due to the awful Fire tragedy) and Landmark was just a nightmare between parking and shoppers. I did not make it to buying anything, until the day of, knowing I could get in before the masses arrived.... With a bit of prompting the kids made cards, while in the morning I dashed downstairs and made Steve a cooked breakfast - he was surprised and loved the gesture, thank goodness. Dinner was a similar affair, with a beautifully laid table, fabulous food, dessert and company. It is the first year I feel like a really awful Mother/Wife for being so slack!! Father's Day is also Steve's Dads Birthday. It is a day of remembrance and reflection for him.  It is a day of mixed emotions.  It is now the first Father's Day that my Dad...

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...