MOC 10 - Day 26 Remembrance
I have 346 words.
I used
Farewell Friend kit and
Thriving kit by Allison Pennington.
When I think of you, my heart can be heavy. I know where you are now and I am happy for you. But there are times, I would love to pick up the phone and have a chat, to tell you what’s happening in the kid’s lives and to catch you up. They are amazing people and you would have been so proud of them. I miss our phone calls. I miss the way you would always say “it’s grand” when I would make time for a visit. You made us feel special with the spread you put out for us. You’d make tea in Granny’s old brown tea pot, always so strong that it stained the mugs. There’d be sweet and savoury goodies, you knew what we liked and you totally spoiled us. Biltong, niknaks, apple cake etc. The house was filled with memories of granny, grandpa, Rose, Doreen and Brian, all having passed on before you and none of their stuff having gotten rid of. It was such a deurmekaar spul - but you made it work.
I miss your quirky sense of humour and the below the belt comments. You didn’t have patience with fools. I don’t miss the smoking, the way everything would reek of your ciggies. But I understand that was your guilty pleasure.
I miss the house, I miss coming through to the southern suburbs to take you for tea and chocolate cake. I miss the sense of history and the safety I felt in my childhood home. Life carries on, and life is good, just different without you in it. I would have loved your take on the whole covid lock down thing, the fact that we haven’t seen family members for two years because of a pandemic. Would you have been vaccinated? Would you have just visited them anyway? I am glad that you missed all the drama and the fear that would have entailed.
I miss you often, but somehow, it doesn’t hurt like it did.
Just wanted you to know we are all good six years on...
