What an emotional getaway in your life! It seems your mother is quite a person. Her piece of drawing is still beautiful The hardest thing is seeing our parents are getting older In front of us! Anyway I'm sure your mother can e proud of you, for what you have accomplished and what you are doing. I think you can still fly to your mom's.
I wish her good health and happiness!
Thank you for the visit and your kind words and good wishes.
Unfortunately, the drawing is not hers. It is a coloring book we bought her. What I found interesting is that she no longer finishes one picture. She keeps on turning to new and old pictures, and then she just draws a few stripes on the right hand side of the picture, never on the left. What an amazing brain we have.
Anyway, back to the cricket. (•ิ‿•ิ)
She was sitting next to me on the couch when the cricket match started on Saturday. When they finished playing SA's national anthem, she looked up and started to sing it. Not the English part and not the Afrikaans part, but the Xhosa bit "Nkosi Sikelel."
The workers on my grandpa's farm used to sing it. It was amazing, and yes, I shed a tear or two.
I forgot to answer this one.
This is the most difficult one, as with holiday accommodations, it is very difficult to just lock up and go.