tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post8715669543560613856..comments2024-03-23T11:27:26.709+00:00Comments on View From The High Peak: Demanding TimesCarah Bodenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-3722659158475935122016-05-28T09:22:22.725+01:002016-05-28T09:22:22.725+01:00I know I am late commenting on this and greater sa...I know I am late commenting on this and greater sadness has hit you more recently but I couldn't read on without saying something. It is the sad fact of life that as our own children begin gaining independence our own parents start to need us more. If, like you and I, we have had our children later in life the window of freedom closes between each period. <br /><br />We have bought a holiday home in the village I grew up in partly to by the sea but also to share the burden of caring for my mother with my dad and brother. My dad's health is poor but interestingly my sister who lives very close to them spends the little time she visits arguing with them. Distance is not always a bad thing and being close by not always good.<br /><br />Sorry to remind you of sadtimes xxProcrastinator extraodinairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17536731627149413209noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-76878791087511607642011-07-20T12:49:55.907+01:002011-07-20T12:49:55.907+01:00Hello everyone - so good to hear from you all.
Pi...Hello everyone - so good to hear from you all.<br /><br />Pippa - hope your preparations for Bali are going well. I'm struggling with preparations for 6 weeks away and another whole new load of shit that's hit the fan!<br /><br />Pondie - thank you :-) and thank you so much for reading, as always. <br /><br />Milla - so good to hear from you. so sorry to hear about your Ma too - sounds very distressing. Everything you say here is everything I feel too. Exam was the penultimate of 5 gardening exams - had another at the beginning of July and three before that. Has been horrific trying to fit the revision in between everything else that seems to be happening to me at the moment. xxx<br /><br />Elizabeth - thank you for such kind and gentle thoughts. You say exactly what I feel too about my parents. It's so hard to come to terms with, however inevitable.<br /><br />Mark and Jane - thank you so much, as ever, for your support and kindness. Our best wishes to you both too.<br /><br />FA - thank you my lovely friend. Yes, have just discovered card! Have shown L and she's thrilled :-). Thank you so much. Love the last para!!Carah Bodenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11429666157453439321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-62114149503599416022011-07-19T14:57:22.634+01:002011-07-19T14:57:22.634+01:00So pleased L had a lovely birthday. Sorry we didn...So pleased L had a lovely birthday. Sorry we didn't make it up but thought you'd probably had enough of us for a while!! Hope you got my email card to L and hope you're not feeling too far away from family. <br /><br />At least your "constant swearing & radio 1" is rationed to when they are working - I have to put up with that all the time!! The downside of having a builder for a boyfriend xxfamily affairshttp://familyaffairsandothermatters.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-71103719729564463672011-07-16T13:37:12.292+01:002011-07-16T13:37:12.292+01:00So much going on here. Joy and sadness, friendship...So much going on here. Joy and sadness, friendships and intoversion, fear and relief... So much of life in such short time. Best read of the day as usual. <br /><br />Jane sends her wishes too.The bike shedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-14325825239572903462011-07-15T22:41:54.253+01:002011-07-15T22:41:54.253+01:00My parents (77 and 78) are both suddenly older and...My parents (77 and 78) are both suddenly older and frailer and I have spent my life having younger and more energetic parents than any of my friends. It comes and it makes us shiver. I wish your mother well and your father too. It sounds as if it might be the kind of stroke from which a good recovery is made. I do hope so. And I am glad your daughter's birthday was good enough to cry over as it ended - we call that memorable and no mistake!Elizabeth Musgravehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09473705107636868753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-44091933045932670612011-07-15T10:54:54.228+01:002011-07-15T10:54:54.228+01:00oh this does all sound low, Carah, you poor chicke...oh this does all sound low, Carah, you poor chicken. My ma is succumbing to bad asthma (doctor told her 40 years ago that she couldn't be insured - "because my father died of a stroke at 58?" she asked, the doctor laughed (they did in those days) "your lungs will kill you long before you get the chance to have a stroke," he said. So to hear her wheezing and choking for breath down the phone is frightening. And she's only 69. Parents are so upsetting and the time is running as fast for them, faster, than for us witnessing our children spinning out of childhood. Oh dear, you've set me off now!!<br />Claws around for positivity ... summer, champagne, parties ... sounds good!! And, what's the exam? Tell! XCXMillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15967731998504496807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-4400556770136224692011-07-15T06:46:24.229+01:002011-07-15T06:46:24.229+01:00The call we all dread - yes, I know. Life is over-...The call we all dread - yes, I know. Life is over-full sometimes with job and children, the happy bits, the frantic bits and all of it somehow exhilarating and exhausting. Good luck with the juggling - though you seem to be managing very well.Pondsidehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407539138546412482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1197429752310795554.post-45266178308132318892011-07-15T00:13:26.722+01:002011-07-15T00:13:26.722+01:00ohhh so feel where you coming from - your mum tho ...ohhh so feel where you coming from - your mum tho - hope all is well.. xxpippanoreply@blogger.com