Mum is funny and is always the same. She knows the car park at the airport is expensive if she is there for very long. She works out when she needs to leave so that she can go in, pick Dad up and get out before that happens. Then she gets too excited. She says she doesn\u2019t want him to have to stand around waiting in the cold, but she\u2019s not kidding any of us. It gets to about half an hour before she really needs to leave and all of a sudden she springs into action as though everything is urgent. Then she\u2019s out of the door before she\u2019s had the opportunity to think through the fact that she\u2019s done it again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We all have our different ways to show excitement. Mum does it by being early and not making Dad wait. We do it by jumping up and down and bouncing all over him. In immediate money terms ours is the cheaper option, but to be fair to Mum, her method leaves him less traumatised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Shadow bless her even struggled her way upstairs to be with Dad. I don\u2019t think she will be able to do that many times a day but it was a lovely gesture. I offered to go behind her and give her a bit of a push, but she wanted to do it her way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Now I\u2019m really looking forward to today with us all home together. I\u2019m sure it can\u2019t rain all day and that Dad will come outside with us at some point. I shall be very glad when the risk from Covid has gone and humans can start acting a little more normally. Mum is trying to find ways to make it easier, but there\u2019s only so far she can go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Love<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wilma<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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