When your own children reach certain milestones they are defining moments in their parents’ lives. Kathleen becoming a teenager is one of those milestones for Juliet and I.
Kathleen’s birthday is on (Monday) February 12 but we’re celebrating today (Saturday) so she can have friends over.
I’d like to say it seems like yesterday that she was born, but it honestly does feel like 13 years have passed, maybe more. It’s like she was born in a different era; our lives have changed so much since then.
As a baby she was so different to our other children and so different to what she is like today. Being the eldest, Kathleen had no other children to imitate. She was extremely shy and quiet. I often relate the story that she went through her first six months of kindergarten without speaking a single word to her teachers.
Juliet and I were a young couple living at Ceduna when Kathleen was conceived. She was born at Port Pirie, where we moved after I was promoted.
Today she is a clever, confident young woman with a great future ahead of her.
The above photograph shows baby Kathleen with all her soft toys. The red, yellow and blue bunny at the front was her favorite. She actually loved it to “death”.
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Twitter: mgorey
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That’s probably chickenpox or measles Iskwew. best wishes to your son for a quick recovery. Is it very cold there now?
I read Delmer’s blog and there’s a lot of snow in Ohio, USA, on the other side of the Atlantic from you, but we’ve heard here about cold weather in England too.
Thanks for reading and commenting.
Twitter: mgorey
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That’s a great article you linked to; a Norwegian not liking the snow is like an Australian not liking the beach!
I might start a new blog entry on that because I understand where you’re coming from. We tend to focus on stereotypes.
What a sweetheart
) Congratulations to Kathleen and her mum and dad too.
My son is 7, and we’re at home because he has smallpox (I think thats what its called in English). It almost hard to remember when he was totally dependant on me, seems like ages ago.
It’s pox something, so I guess then it’s chicken pox.
It’s not so cold, around -5C where I am. But there is a lot of snow, it’s been snowing now for over a week. But so far this has been a mild winter.
It was different the year I lived in Brazil.. when we left to go to Norway for Christmas, it was 35C. When we arrived here, it was -20C. Now, that’s cold
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I have a thread in English about Norwegians and winter:
http://iskwew.com/blogg/2006/03/06/the-norwegian-a-study-in-niche-choices/
I had always planned to write more in English, but there isn’t time
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Of course we focus on stereotypes – thats usually all we know.. And I’m sure there are Australians not liking the beach. Although I find that less understandable than disliking snow
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I’ll be looking forward to your entry – but for now: Good Night
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Twitter: delmerw
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My oldest turned 13 in September. As you say, life was a lot different back then … it did seem to zip by though.
(BTW, the snow/sleet continues.)