Above are the grans, the baby is my eldest daughter Shirley
We have just come to the end of May.
May is the month that leaves me exhausted, I feel as though I have spent a month in "Las Vegas on steroids."
It is as though someone rolled 6 dice and only one number came up on them all.
When I have time to myself and am in a reflective mood, I mull over the people in my life, and when I REALLY have nothing to do, I think of...... well..... useless information? It doesn't teach me anything, but I have a lot a fun with it.
These are some of the people who have left footprints on my memories as they have walked across my life.
The first picture above is one of the two grans (the baby is Shirley my eldest daughter). The gran on the left passed away in the month of May 30 years ago. Her husband, grandpa, lived one year to the month after her until he too passed away.
Then in May last year, their son, the father of my children, and their beloved father was taken from us all in a senseless car accident. Natalia is getting a hug from Grandpa. This photo was taken 5 months before the accident.
It happened in the same week that Mother's day fell, and was an exceptionally emotional time for the family as we all gathered to pay our last respects, it was also the first time I had all my children with me at one time since they were in school.
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| The funeral party |
That is a lot of emotional activity for one month, one I consciously need to prepare for, and one in which I need to be strong for my children, although I feel broken inside for them. I need much inner strength during times of their heartaches, and there are many. I think of what my mom has been though in her life, and how, with strength and character, she has faced it, and put herself last, and I always knew she come through for me. She never let me down.
OTHER COINCIDENCES IN MAY
Eleven.
My eldest son in law is eleven years younger than I am, and Shirley, my daughter and his wife is eleven years younger than he is.
That would be Shirley in the picture above. This photo was taken at her dad's funeral last May.
Shirley was eleven when her brother Brian was born (really). He started class 1 in school when she started matric.
Above is Brian, eleven years Shirley's junior, and he is holding his baby son Nathan, and would you believe that Shirley's eldest daughter was eleven when he was born!
So ya'll, whose next?
