Thursday, 20 February 2014

Time Gone


The young man who has just got onto the train is very tall and dressed in a smart business suit. He has returned home from an exciting period of travel and finished his third day at a new job in the City. I know that because I had coffee with my friend Helen, his mother, on Tuesday. I look at this fine young man at the start of his adult life and remember a summer day twenty three years ago when I looked after his big sister while he was born. It was hot and I put the paddling pool on the lawn and she splashed in the sunshine with a baby MasterM. The spotlight of memory, so brilliant and unexpected, burned my heart slightly.
Posted by alice c at 00:01

8 comments:

  1. elaine February 20, 2014

    A lovely memory.

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  2. Amy at love made my homeFebruary 20, 2014

    Aww, how nice!! xx

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  3. PaolaFebruary 20, 2014

    It's just one blink. But thankfully we have memories.

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  4. dottycookieFebruary 20, 2014

    I think there is something in my eye *wipes away a tear*

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  5. GinaFebruary 20, 2014

    What a lovely memory. It is always amazing how little glimpses into the past can stay buried and then suddenly be prompted to pop back into our memories.

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  6. menopausalmusingFebruary 20, 2014

    I want to blow raspberries on plump little tummies........

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  7. Kathe KramerFebruary 21, 2014

    I would recognize MasterM in a heart
    beat xo

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  8. AnonymousFebruary 25, 2014

    What a lovely memeory to have.

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