The Longest Journey Begins With The First Step.........

This is the last month of the year and as I'm writing this on the 31st of December my last entry of the year as well. Once again I am indebted to Mrs Norman for the rough notes on what happened in December. Apparently the month started with Mrs N and I having a free and frank exchange of views about a shared and perennial problem. Although my wife has agreed that we need to accept that which we cannot change the problem still eats at her and it upsets me. I see from her notes that despite being more than a little rattled by our robust exchange of views she still managed to record my thoughts on the subject, which were that it is easier to get your tongue around some things than it is to get your head around them and that failure to fully come to terms with them can eat you up inside. It is typical of my wife that even in mid argument she is still listening, something I feel I might do well to emulate. The rest of December was punctuated with walks in the park with our newly acquired grandchild and even the occasional baby sitting session. On the distaff side my wife's medication was changed on the advice of at least two medical luminaries who were united in their ability to get it so very wrong, resulting on one occasion with the very poorly Mrs N being rushed to hospital in an ambulance, all blues and twos and managed panic. Fortunately my wife knew the medication that she needed to be on and with her assistance she appears to be getting back to normal, although her confidence in the medical profession is now on the critical list. Christmas arrived as it has a tendency to do in late December and our house played host to the whole family. This year the rooms were only lightly decked with bowers of holly but the little decoration in the Moses basket imbued the house with more Christmas spirit than it has had in a long time. 

My most important deed this month was again strangely to be at a hospital bedside, this time holding my wife's hand. My human contact was with my nearest and dearest at Christmas and my thoughts were on the importance of families.