Drifting further away, and shrinking

Fading away

The milestones of my boys – reaching 2 years and 6 months respectively, recently – has of course, as these things go, turned my mind to my own father.  He passed away when I was in my late teens, as I’ve written before, both here and at another blog.  What I’ve been realising lately though, is [...]

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Remembering my father

Every morning and every night, my baby is among my first and last thoughts. I wonder at what they will look like, which attributes they will have of mine and which of their mother.

I guess at what their interests will be and I have imaginary conversations with them, at different stages in their life. It’s really quite sappy, but I can’t wait to have a child and a friend at the same time.

The anticipation has of course made me wonder how my father was when he learned I was on the way.

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