Sunday, January 16, 2022

it's probably nothing

Sat on a toilet.
Common I think.
Here I am taking it all in to make sure I can face my baby girl.

"Prof wants to see you face to face" 
It'll be my eye
It'll be something
Maybe nothing
Can it wait?
Am I over reacting?

Can VHL wait a bit longer?
I know I've had a good break... Eyes are so good when they work. 
Maybe I need to go home
Maybe it's time to face reality again

And I'm in the toilet for two reasons.
1 + the email shocked me and I took a sharp intake of breath and that starts me coughing and that starts me sneezing and that takes a while to stop. So I need to blow my nose and have a wee

2 - I'm protecting her. 

Should I be?

It's probably nothing

Monday, January 10, 2022

Home and a cushion

We made it home in one piece, the unpacking began, I always do it before I sit down. We have one bag missing but happily it is one that only has stuff and things. Nothing meaningful.
Never before have I travelled with such important cargo. Not counting my living family.
Now, in my room are memories of my dad and a little bit of him. They surround me physically in a way he does in my memories. Now I see him each morning. He's visiting and staying with us a while. 
It's important. 
I didn't realise just how important.

There is a faint smell of him from the aftershave my nephew sprayed on the T-shirt that my big sister had made into a cushion. 
I've said goodbye to him at my childhood home and welcomed him into my new and for now home. 

I'll show him my garden.

I'll see if he has any advice on my tomatoes.


Sunday, January 02, 2022

all of the reasons home is harder

We've now done all the 'homes' 
They are all harder than would be ideal
They all have people
They all make more sense when you're away
They are all are filled with past and memories
They are all harder