It has been 3 years since we lost Mum, and so Dad invited us all for a family meal at The Elms in Lutterworth, a favourite venue for him and Mum. The actual anniversary is on 27th October, but for various reasons the meal was on the Friday before. This year the meal was “childless”. The weekend coincided with half terms, and we seem to have a lot of school based links. By the time that the meal arrangements had been made, Simon and Kate were committed to a weekend with Kate’s sister in Watford, Matthew had booked a holiday in Croatia with a teacher friend, and my niece Megan had an end of term engagement with friends. I, like Dad, am perfectly happy that the “kids” are getting on with their own lives. My sister Ros wasn’t able to travel from Yorkshire, and so there were 7 of us; Dad, Chantal and me, my other sister Pauline and brother in Law Rob, Dad’s friend Edwina, and, her son Martin, a small enough gathering to be able to chat and catch up with news.
We had a nice meal, and went back to Dad’s afterwards where carried on chatting over a cup of tea.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
