Day 12 : What do you miss?
Most material things can be replaced so for me, it's people & places....
* my in-laws, such lovely & good people who met both my children but did not have enough time with them. I'd love them to see the people they are growing up to be.
I miss my mother in law's kindness, her pasta, her support, her care, her Christmas trifle, her amazing ironing skills, her support, her shyness.
When we returned from our honeymoon, my MIL had washed, ironed & made our bed so beautifully that I actually thought she'd bought us new bedding.
It's never been ironed as well as that before or since!!
The thought of that still makes me smile....
* my maternal grand-parents....
my grand-father was the nicest man in the whole world, always always smiling.
I spent many of my summer holidays with them in Wales, just me and them, they are my happiest childhood memories.
I would love to have had them in my life for much longer & for them to have met my children
I can always remember arriving after the long trip from London and they'd be waiting at the gatepost as we turned the corner into their street....and when we left, my grandma would wave & wave until we were out of sight.
I can always remember arriving after the long trip from London and they'd be waiting at the gatepost as we turned the corner into their street....and when we left, my grandma would wave & wave until we were out of sight.
As for places....Welsh beaches & countryside and NYC in the autumn & winter
and a few other, much less important things....
* the days when buying a Mars Bar & the Abba magazine on a Saturday morning felt like the most exciting thing ever
* the days when a Mars Bar cost only 13p
* the days when beauty treatments were scheduled like clockwork & on a regular basis into my working diary
* the days when my closest Uni friends all lived in & around London & we were able to see each other much more often
* the days when I had a lunch-break
* the days when Saturdays were for shopping, meeting friends, going to the gym and sleeping in
* the days of working in town
* the days of having a "work wardrobe"
* dare I say it because I use them & they are convenient in so many ways, but the days before texting, Twitter & Facebook
* the days before the media reported every single insignificant detail of a so-called celebrity's life
* the days of....Friends, early ER, NYPD Blue, early Frasier
* in a funny kind of way, the days of only 4 channels on TV - it meant everyone watched the same stuff, sometimes you felt as though the whole country had watched a particular programme
* community spirit - we need more of it!
* in a funny kind of way, the days of only 4 channels on TV - it meant everyone watched the same stuff, sometimes you felt as though the whole country had watched a particular programme
* community spirit - we need more of it!
* the days of a good night's sleep
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