Palm Beach

My Boerewors recently surprised me with an early birthday present - an air ticket and car hire to go and see my mum and dad - who live over 700km away on the Natal South Coast.  We couldn't afford for all of us to go down so I arranged that my big sister go with me and we make it a Morris family reunion.
 
It was fabulous. 

A Daft Scots Lass and her dad

It was bitter-sweet to see how my folks are getting really frail and old and don't want our help!   

We had a lovely 6 days together talking about old times and hanging out.  It was amazing to give my mum and dad a cuddle and share the love.  Everyone who has parents close by, NEVER complain about them.  You are truly blessed to have them in your daily lives and close to you. Cherish that.

My older sister, my wee Mum and A Daft Scots Lass

Taking #selfies with Mum (it was an entirely new concept to my Mum)

My mum and dad with their wedding day picture, showing how much height my mum has lost with her debilitating osteoporosis.  As you can see from the picture, My mum and dad used to be almost the same height.

My big sis and I

A Daft Scots Lass in the jacuzzi

A Daft Scots Lass at the beach late afternoon

 

Southbroom Beach

Our faces when the ice-cold Southbroom waves caught the back of our legs during a #selfie

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

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.

Day 29 - The 30 Day Blog Challenge

Topic : Something you could never get tired of doing.

I would never get tired of looking at the ocean. 

I've spent the last four days down at the South Coast, Palm Beach, visiting with my mum and dad and its both lovely to spend time with them and be able to visit the ocean, watch the waves and spend time with them and the girls on the beach.

I missed my Boerewors and although it was a great few days by the sea side, it was GREAT to get home...

Palm Beach, South Coast, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa

I'm at the seaside.  Yipeee!

My girls at Palm Beach

My mum and dad, me and the girls

On the Twelth Day of Christmas

My true love sent to me

Twelve nymphos mating,

Eleven virgins waiting

Ten colonels spanking,

Nine schoolboys cranking,

Eight nuns assenting,

Seven monks repenting,

Six queers consenting,

Five dutch caps;

Four birth pills,

Three condoms,

Two IUDs,

And a call girl calling on me.