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02/24/2003 Entry: "Home again home again jiggedy jig"
I'm back home again, and it really is true. There's no place like home, Toto.
I've been away celebrating my mother's bithday. She's 70 years young today, so on Saturday we had a surprise party for her. My sister did most of the organising, and a grand job she made of it. Mum had a great time. My only regret is that since my part in the plot was supposed to be taking her out for a quiet meal, I was standing behind her when she walked into the room - I didn't see the expression on her face, which I gather was something of a picture. The party was a great success, lots of old friends and members of the family that I hadn't seen for some years.
I wish I could say it was an unalloyed pleasure, but you know how it is with families. Why is that? Person x has an issue with person y, but instead of talking to them about it, involves person z. Person z then feels obliged to talk to person y, making y irritated and resentful. Person x gets moody, causing great perplexity in persons a - g. Are you keeping up with all this? It would all have been prevented by one simple conversation between x and y.
Talking. We spend so much time doing it, it's a pity we aren't better at it.
Replies:
Good to have you back. Shalom,Jan
Posted by Jan @ 02/24/2003 08:53 PM CST
As my mother used to say "your friends you can chose, your relatives you're born with!"
Posted by Patricia @ 02/24/2003 05:49 PM CST
And I thought I'd made it sound complicated, BD!
But you're right, talking has to be a two-way thing to acheive anything.
Posted by Richard @ 02/24/2003 04:51 PM CST
True, but what the heck can anyone do when person x tries to talk to y, and y just won't talk to x?a-g could say I don't want to hear this, but if x is wounded by y and not gossipy about it, is that fair, right or proper? Nice to see you back Blog on!
Posted by Bene Diction @ 02/24/2003 04:27 PM CST
I'm glad you're back, and had a good time - though I sympathise and can relate to the families thng! alice
Posted by alice @ 02/24/2003 02:21 PM CST
