Thanks so much for the thumbs up though .. cheers Hilary

I never had that desire as a child to write, or to read memoirs … perhaps I did – I did read voraciously .. but rather felt it went in one ear and out the other … wish I’d realised more then. But I guess the creative spirit was within .. I started probably (though didn’t realise) with my annual letter about my travels in South Africa … and I referenced things then.

It wasn’t until my mother was ill and I was letting everyone know how she was – but needed to do it in an interesting way – so I mentioned in the letters I wrote what we talked about and what she was interested in, wanting to know more about.

I had a few letters back saying please don’t stop your letters are so entertaining, and from another Care Home owner friend of my mothers … who said you ‘write such Positive Letters’ … so guess what was born: the P L blog …. the two things tied in at about the time I was thinking of a passion/subject I wanted to blog about …

The blog has educated me …. and thankfully amuses many others, who I’m delighted to interact with. It hasn’t really morphed – perhaps it’s a little more settled and I feel comfortable with its content …

What I love is – that the type of content was exactly what my mother and my uncle needed both as a bed-ridden stroked person, whose brain works, and as elderly people to stimulate their thoughts and ask other questions – for more instalments (or discussions). This has now translated into my Conversation Corners that I hold with the residents in the Nursing Centre … and I’m back to where I was with my mother and uncle – will you find out more and bring it on your next visit.

I have extremely interesting families – father x both sides, mother x one side …. though I’ve not been involved and know little because my father was the 3rd son and died fairly early, and my mother’s father died when she was two .. but I do have family trees and with the Census I can trace people’s occupations, residencies etc etc .. and work stories around them. I have some papers about my mother and her first husband, killed in the war … and in due time I will look at them – daren’t right now, as they’ll be very sad … but stories to write – and now I know I can .. I feel like the little engine ‘that can’!

Cheers – have a great week … Hilary

Lee
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