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Location: St Annes, Lancashire, United Kingdom

I'm happy. I'm amused by life. I know who I am and why I'm here. I have a masters degree and very little money.

Monday, March 27, 2006

As one door closes - part 2

Spent the weekend with my daughter and son in law, they'd both come home for mother's day. Went out for lunch on the Sunday with my wife, my youngest son, daughter, son in law and his mum. Good day.
That evening we took the dogs for a walk and my daughter said that she wanted to move back from Oxford (with her husband - I'm getting good at asking relevant questions these days). She is lonely. The social scene down there is quite structured. It seems that the wifes of pilots (Officers) don't mix with the wives of lower ranks. Sargents and corporals' wives socialise with each other but not with the upper or lower ranks. My daughter's best friend is leaving with her husband who has been promoted to corporal and is transferring to another base. Its such a pity. Oxford is a beautiful place but it seems that you get frozen out of society if you aren't middle class or aspiring middle class. I detest this sort of class destinction and I thought that we had done away with this sort of thing - its the 21st century for gods sake. But more than making me angy it has given me something else to be concerned about.

My eldest son and daughter seem to be getting back together and moving on. I am very happy for them but I will watch them both carefully over the rest of the year to see how they progress. My son has had a lucky escape, he nearly lost everything including his life.

So in summary my children are OK BUT..

My eldest son is recovering from depression and trying to rebuild his life.
My daughter in law is trying to recover from the shock and trying to rebuild her family.
My second son is struggling with MS - he's moving to a ground floor flat quite soon.
My daughter is lonely and mildly depressed at the the thought of being without friends and family.

To top everything off I ran upstairs this morning and had to sit down as I couldn't breathe and my heart felt as though it was about to burst. I've got to get that gym membership sorted. Hope I live long enough to see my kids happy.

1 Comments:

Blogger personallog! said...

We are happy nob head! Just look at our smiles! I love you dad and I am happy that you are here for us. Ok we do have some issues but thats life isnt it? We all have to learn at our own pace and we have learn so much from our father the cool dude, our father the music guru, our father the amazing soul brother....our father the man we all aspire to be no matter how messed up we all get! We love you....Nob head!hehe
Dave

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