My Trip to Palm Beach

My trip to my mum was brilliant!  Although I missed my Boerewors and my girls, I got to spend quality alone time with my mum and dad.  We had some good chats, we shared meals, went shopping and had plenty of laughs.

It was bitter-sweet to come home but all in all a great trip.

Ready to Fly!

 

From the SAA Flight

Being Silly

Mum

Bridge

Palm Beach

Ramsgate Beach and Tidal Pool

Relaxing watching Sky News

View from my folks place

Mum and I went shopping

Vinyl records at Tinker's Den - an antique store



On the way home

Bridge view

Palm Beach

Palm Beach Deck

A Daft Scots Lass on Palm Beach

A Daft Scots Lass and her mummy

Mum and Dad

My mum and dad

Gorgeous Mum

Happy Mother's Day

My beautiful Mum

Mum, I know I owe you the world
And you deserve no less

I wish I could be there to give you a hug

As I'm an emotional mess.

I miss just sitting beside you

To have a cuppa and a natter

To share old stories and giggle

Just like the daft mad hatter

 For Your Mother's Day party

I write for you this ditty.

My poetry skills are hearty

And cheap, but oh so witty!

My mum when she was a teenager in the 50s

Mum giving a pose at 70.

I love you Mum

Cooo-eeee I'm back! User Friendly Beach Holiday - That's what she said!

The long road to the seaside

I'm back in smelly, smoggy Johannesburg and just because you can't smell it doesn't mean the rest of us aren't sufferning.

I missed you guys and I missed my wee blog.

Yeeehaw!  Five days at the Natal South Coast and what a great wee holiday it was.

We arrived at about lunch time on Monday after a 7 hour drive and checked into our large beach flat. We were right on the beach and could hear the waves crashing from our balcony. 

We hardly unpacked and went around to see my mum and dad. My mum was so weak and frail she couldn't even get out of bed to greet us. She looked so pale and exhausted but I still managed to give her a long gentle cuddle, I just didn't squeeze too hard! 

Mum and Kaylin

I had waited a whole year to give her a hug and it was so worth it.

We spent most of the holiday either on the beach or at the pool or just hanging out with my folks, nattering and catching up at at their place.   I always forget how loud our family is and how much we talk. We don't stop and my accent instantly becomes thicker without me even realising it. Hubby always points this out though.

Anyhoover, I had a good chat with both of my parents individually and let them know that they need only ask me for help with anything and I'll be there.   They are not getting any younger and luckily they care for each other at at the moment, but there will come a time when one or both of them will not be able to do these things and then they will need myself and my sister to step in and help.

We are so far away from them and we'd love for them to move back to Johannesburg and be closer but they will NOT hear anything of it right now.

Dilema.

The time will come.

Nevertheless, it was a wicked wee break with loads of relaxing in the sun, playing in the surf and truck loads of special times.

Here are some of the daft pix

On the way to the beach

Palm Beach

My Dad and Kaylin

Family Shot

My Mummy

My folks.  They will be married for 46 years in January!

My Mum posing for the camera

Kaylin on the rocks at Palm Beach

Megan swinging on the big tree branch on Palm Beach

The monkeys were a twice a day occurrence at our wee beach flat

Megan and Kaylin playing in the pool

Megan riding the waves on her Boogie Board

Sandcastles

Sandcastles with Dad

My Three in the Sea

Kaylin riding the ways with her Boogie Board

The pathway from our beach flat down to Palm Beach

Fun in the car - a long 7 hour trip.

55 Flash Fiction Friday - Episode 16

Join me in playing this writing game with hundreds of other bloggers including G-Man, Steveroni and Brian Miller  called 55 Flash Fiction Fridays.

My mother gave me life 

She also gave me love 

She nurtured my soul 

and moulded my essence 

I owe a lot to her 

For the person I am today 

Mum shaped my character 

Taught us right from wrong 

Wish I was closer to you 

To give a little back 

And Be there for you.

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I want to say Fuck You to the following:

• My squeeky double bed.  I really need a new one and this time I'm buying a KING!
• Fuck you to the SARS and efiling support centre asswipes who can't reset my username and password so that I can do my tax returns.
• Fuck you to the shitbag customer who bought something from me and now refuses to pay or admit that she got the stuff.
• To the three chocolates I ate yesterday -Fuck you for tempting me and moving the evil calories to my Derriere.
• Last but not least the church who stole my original poem and using it in one of their services without my permission.