September 2023 (Torquay, Rye, Melbourne)
(^A current photo of our beautiful "fur babies" Albus, 3, and Harry who turns 2 next week). This year has brought a few things into focus and one is that I am very much “in” the Sandwich Generation, caring for and supporting aging parents at the same time as caring for and supporting adult kids. I am so glad that we sold our business when we did as the demands of the business (and the 35 people we employed) on top of the familial demands could have been overwhelming. Parent update - Andrew’s Mum is recovering from a knee operation after a lengthy stint in hospital, my Mum is still suffering the effects of Long Covid and my Dad has had over 2 weeks this month in hospital with a few issues including a new diagnosis of an incurable (but, hopefully, manageable) disease. Side by side with all this, we had really happy events. Our eldest son (who does not live with us) celebrated his Engagement and we met the parents of our second son’s long term girlfriend. (Another Engagement in...