Firstly, as Caz said last night, a glass raised to Grandma Peggy. I feel that she would appreciate the tendrilic nature of our family, and would no doubt be regaling all visitors with tales of Canada, Italy and impending New England.
Secondly, as we're getting rid of most of our books, I've put my Kindle down and re-reading some of my favourites (as well as some of the "classics" that I've bought over the years and never read - Phantom of the Opera and Frankenstein for starters!). I picked a random Wilbur Smith book off the shelf. I found that Gran enjoyed them when I was at Cambridge, and it was one of several series of books that I found on her shelves and really got into. Anyway, I opened the book and found Gran's spidery writing:
Ben
To mark the occasion when our roles were reversed! 10.12.00
I have no memory of this inscription, nor what date or role reversal it entailed! I would have been 18, a few months short of going to Brazil, so maybe some sort of theatre trip with me as chaperone? Who knows. It was a lovely surprise, however, and made me chuckle. Any ideas?
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