Hello and waving! And saying thank-you to the lovely Sian for her Monday inspiration - a post about mail we've received and things we've been up to. Do visit Sian to find out more over at From High In The Sky: there is always something delightful to read, and links to follow :).
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My mail tale today is about some from long ago but newly found - I'm hoping that's OK, Sian? And the things we've been up to are a few weeks old but fresh in the telling (a tricky time here has got in the way of my bringing it to you before).
And it was Himself, really, who began it all. A late Saturday morning: Dad was tired and dozing, I was folding laundry after our whirlwind two-day trip to see our son and the Littlies, and Himself was fiddling around in his Miscellaneous drawer looking for something well, miscellaneous, I expect. "Oh, my!" he exclaimed, pulling out a piece of card. "I had forgotten all about this!" I leaned over his shoulder ...
"That's lovely!", I replied. "Who's it from?" He turned it over as I spoke, and we gazed at it together. Then smiled ...
We looked at each other; "It's still in the camera", I said. "Give me a moment ..." And a few minutes later, there it was. A photo from just a couple of days previously: happy moments on a Springtime beach with our son and grandson.
See what those cold little hands are holding? Himself dug me in the ribs affectionately. "He's doing OK in the Dad department, isn't he?". "More than!", I replied. And we smiled again ...
gosh your storytelling is phenomenal. how could such a sweet story leave me with a tear in my eyes?
Posted by: KJJC | Monday, 17 April 2017 at 05:03 PM
I'm having a little sniff here. I have absolutely no doubt he is doing brilliantly in the dad department. You have that kind of special family.
Wishing you all the best for the week ahead.
Posted by: Sian | Monday, 17 April 2017 at 05:08 PM
What a fantastic photo combination - your son has obviously inherited the good dad genes!
Posted by: Debs | Monday, 17 April 2017 at 05:37 PM
What a lovely tender story ... I cannot wait to see how you turn the card, photo & words into a perfect scrap book page. I am sure your son is modeling all that he saw, felt & heard - what a wonderful legacy gift to give your grandson. Hope you have a wonderful week ahead.
Posted by: Mary-Lou | Monday, 17 April 2017 at 06:10 PM
how lovely to see the next generation carrying on a tradition!! xx
Posted by: ALISON | Monday, 17 April 2017 at 08:01 PM
What a lovely story and how wonderful that you had the photo to go with it.
Posted by: Becky | Monday, 17 April 2017 at 08:11 PM
Such a wonderful story, and the perfect illustration for it. You must be so proud!
Posted by: Karen | Tuesday, 18 April 2017 at 01:46 AM
OH, what a lovely connections story!!!!
Posted by: Melissa Gross | Tuesday, 18 April 2017 at 10:22 PM
What a lovely story!
Thank You!
xx
Posted by: alexandra sirugue-macleod | Wednesday, 19 April 2017 at 03:56 PM
What a beautiful and serendipitous way to tie a past moment with a present one. Lovely!
Posted by: Cheri Andrews | Thursday, 20 April 2017 at 09:41 PM
What a lovely story ... and a precious memory.
Posted by: Rosie Radcliffe | Friday, 21 April 2017 at 05:39 PM
What a lovely circular moment! x
Posted by: Julie | Monday, 24 April 2017 at 01:50 PM
really lovely, such special memories.
Posted by: Jane | Monday, 24 April 2017 at 02:22 PM