Festive Wishes
I was supposed to pick up Rogan in Dumfries yesterday at 4.45pm from his 3 hour bus journey down from Edinburgh.
Unfortunately I got a call just after lunch saying he had missed the bus and the next one wouldn't arrive in Dumfries until a quarter to midnight. Then it's another half hour's drive home.
Still better than trekking up to Edinburgh to collect him though.
Despite the late night, it's wonderful to see him after being several months away at university, where he's in his final year studying mechanical engineering.
Maggie has been busy preparing enough wonderful food to keep a small city content, with her bramble ice cream (made from the ones Meg and I picked back in September) being a particular favourite.
Our grandson, Alfie, is 18 months old now – still too young to have any idea what's going on, but old enough to get caught up in all the excitement of boxes and wrapping paper.
As each year passes, I think I become ever more aware of how extraordinarily fortunate we are to have a roof over our heads, food in our bellies, and a loving family around us. So many lack one or all of these things.
Whatever your social, cultural and religious beliefs and circumstances, I truly wish you and your loved ones all the very best over the festive season and for the year ahead.
Unfortunately I got a call just after lunch saying he had missed the bus and the next one wouldn't arrive in Dumfries until a quarter to midnight. Then it's another half hour's drive home.
Still better than trekking up to Edinburgh to collect him though.
Despite the late night, it's wonderful to see him after being several months away at university, where he's in his final year studying mechanical engineering.
Maggie has been busy preparing enough wonderful food to keep a small city content, with her bramble ice cream (made from the ones Meg and I picked back in September) being a particular favourite.
Our grandson, Alfie, is 18 months old now – still too young to have any idea what's going on, but old enough to get caught up in all the excitement of boxes and wrapping paper.
As each year passes, I think I become ever more aware of how extraordinarily fortunate we are to have a roof over our heads, food in our bellies, and a loving family around us. So many lack one or all of these things.
Whatever your social, cultural and religious beliefs and circumstances, I truly wish you and your loved ones all the very best over the festive season and for the year ahead.
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