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 The simplicity of my day to day. |
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This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things
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Prompt for
I have two brothers. Both older and live in England so I rarely see them. In fact I haven’t seen my oldest brother for 13 years. He’s 84 now. My other brother is two years older than I am. He visited Australia about three or four years ago I was supposed to go to England in 2020 but of course Covid got in the way. I’m not sure whether I’ll go over now, it’s such a terrible journey. I’m feeling closer to the 84 year old now, more than I ever have before. We send emails to each other every month. It’s nice to feel there’s still a connection even though I left there 50 years ago.  |
Prompt for
Well I am old. Not as old as I could be, I suppose. As far as I can see growing old is a privilege. One not given to everyone. So many people younger than I am are dying so I try to be grateful. Not that I particularly enjoy some of those privileges that go along with ageing. The breakdown in my body for instance. However having found writing after I reached retirement age, it has kept my mind active and without my writing I’d be really scared of getting older. My husband and I are lucky in that we have each other. If I lived alone, with only myself to think about, I don’t think I’d be as happy as I am. I’ll be 78 years old in a few months and for my age I’m doing reasonably well. I suppose we think of dying much more than we did, my husband and I. There is one blessing to living in WA and that is we have the option of a dignified death. If a person has been given a prognosis of death within 12 months then they can ask for medication to avoid a painful and prolonged death. So I suppose that takes away much of the fear of the unknown. Of course whether one is brave enough to carry it out at when the time comes is another thing. |
Prompt for
That’s easy. Famous! I would have loved to become an actress or singer. Those choices in my childhood were not possible or even dreamt about. My granddaughter Beth did that for me. I saw she was like me from the moment she was born. Her mother gave her the chances I never had. Singing and Drama lessons. She was and is amazing. She was always performing at shows and went to WAPA, that’s the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts. She decided that show business wasn’t for her and is now a drama teacher. How I loved watching her perform though. I’m still her greatest fan and watching her the role of new mother to a little one who has her voracity for life is all I can ask. |
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