This is a personal post about my realisation that I cannot go back to the other sider as the door is closed. Some of you will know that I reflect. In a few days time I reaching the tenth anniversary of my dear Paa’s death. I feel a fraud when I say he is dead, because physically, yes he is no more, but in my heart he is with me always. Anyway, I realised this morning as I was writing, that I cannot turn the clock back, sure it is a given but how often, does the mind wander and wish to be back in the good old days? Accepting that life is about the forward momentum, we don’t tend to walk backwards, in the same way, we have to appreciate our now, and think ahead. I know I am not the same person I was before my father’s passing and neither is my dad. Enough said, you get my drift. If you happen to be facing Christmas and the empty chair at the table, appreciate their presence in your heart but don’t go back. P

 

Peace be with you.

 

©DMP

6th November 2023