Saturday, 10 July 2021
OK?..
I walked the garden early. When I got to the raspberry canes I said Good morning to my son. He gave me them some years ago now. And they are still going strong. This morning I have no wish to spend the afternoon watching the television ...which is now working but only if you want to watch the Beeb. Its all part of the chaos around me...I am used to it now ....the young man who came to mend the TV clearly assumed I would want to watch the match. I dont. But OK ... hopefully after the match is over it will go back to a normal time table. Its all strange now..but I am getting used to it. I sleep very well despite the chaos..so its not all bad news. The radio is full of this match..and you never know I might watch a bit of it...I feel its possible just now! It is not actually company but as theres nothing else to take my mind to a different place it could be a good idea! We shall see! . It is better than the warning I have just heard on the radio..that the virus is currently winning. ...gaining daily. So be it...I can do self isolation. I am getting used to it.
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Good morning Jean. Isn’t it wonderful how a simple walk around your garden can bring back strong memories. I’m the same, a rose bush reminds me of good friends, a climbing rose was the backdrop to family photos, a horse chestnut which is now a mature tree started life a a conker planted by my daughter.
I hope you can watch the sport you want to watch over the weekend. Wimbledon as well as football for me! 😊😊
It is good to hear that you continue to be upbeat and that is a bonus.
The item on the Raspberry Canes is moving. The only memorials I have are ashes of parents interred in different places and other friends or relatives scattered across the UK.
This thing about Cremation doesn't leave you a grave to visit, albeit if you can mark where the ashes were laid, you can at least return to the right spot.
In our Church Garden we have an area of consecrated ground where ashes can be interred. It has been open for over 40 years and there are over 100 cremations marked so far. There is a book of Remembrance in the Church, where families can on request, view the page where their loved one is named for posterity. The page used to be turned daily until the lockdown, since than it has been held in safety to be updated by a copy writer, skilled in specific copper plate hand written details. We hope to be able to restore it to its rightful place once we can reopen the church safely for visitors and not just for prayers.
This symbolism is important for pastoral care of the bereaved, which has so sadly been restricted by edict since March 2020.
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