Some people do things and say things which make the silence and sadness of lock down brighten up, full of sunbeams….Here’s a few of them…<\/p>\n
Laura: is my beautiful granddaughter. She lives in Torpoint, Cornwall with her partner Luke and their children (my great-grandchildren), Amelie and Ray. Laura asks if I’m ok every week or so – and this week sent me a poem she’s written about her aunty Ria (my daughter Ria). She has given me permission to share it with you, dear Reader.<\/p>\n
Aunty Ria<\/p>\n
I miss your laugh, your love of flowers, music and fresh air,<\/p>\n
I miss hearing you call me ‘Lovely Laura’<\/p>\n
And I miss watching Amelie belly laugh by your side.<\/p>\n
It always felt as if you knew, I know you knew me more than I know myself sometimes.<\/p>\n
Your presence always brought such a reassurance and comfort,<\/p>\n
Though much of each year was not spent together – your energy and interest made up for all just one cuppa shared.<\/p>\n
Your love for simple pleasures made life feel so light when with you.<\/p>\n
On my first day at University, you made sure I had the most important thing of all – a fluffy rug!<\/p>\n
Who could wake up in a good mood, if their feet did not land on something comfy from bed?<\/p>\n
Nana says her strongest memory of you is ‘Ria arriving’ – and I could not agree more.<\/p>\n
You’d arrive with open arms and a beaming smile every time we saw you,<\/p>\n
And it is that warmth that makes me miss you so much.<\/p>\n
I wish you knew that no matter how often we saw you<\/p>\n
We have all learned so very much from you…<\/p>\n
To make the most of every day and to find happiness, even on the worst of days.<\/p>\n
I’m so grateful for all the time I got to share with you<\/p>\n
And I’m so proud to have had you as my Aunty<\/p>\n
Although our time spent together was never long enough<\/p>\n
You have left a forever-sized imprint on me.<\/p>\n
I find so much comfort thinking of you wandering through fields with sunshine beaming down…<\/p>\n
You are the first to see and enjoy each morning sky up there…<\/p>\n
and that is pretty ‘Ace!’<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Some people do things and say things which make the silence and sadness of lock down brighten up, full of sunbeams….Here’s a few of them… Laura: is my beautiful granddaughter. She lives in Torpoint, Cornwall with her partner Luke and their children (my great-grandchildren), Amelie and Ray. Laura asks if I’m ok every week or … Continue reading Reasons to be Cheerful in lock down times<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":769,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/763\/revisions\/769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/laladom.world\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}