Being full time for just over two years has had a few pieces of the jigsaw missing , all associated with my family . A few weeks ago my son phoned out of the blue and asked if he could drop in and see me while he was passing through , that went very well . He did make me smile because he asked if I'd made a special effort for him , I told him this was my normal look .
I had a bad time last week losing my dog being one of the problems . I normally see my mum and sister every fortnight when my mum cooks us sunday lunch , she rang to make sure I was going to see her so I took the opportunity to tell her I'm not happy about appearing as a man anymore . I agreed to do so this time so the problem could be finally discussed between her and my sister . My mum keeps making my sister the excuse so over the meal I asked them both to be honest with me , my sister tried to avoid it by passing the problem back to my mum but she made it clear she no longer had a problem with me so it was up to my sister . As we are coming up to another lockdown , I told them that they now had time to think it over as I now won't be allowed to see them for a month . As I left my mum gave me a hug and told me to drop in for a cup of tea before the lockdown started , so today I had to go back to my old home town to pick up some supplies and dropped in to see her . At first she didn't recognise me but then gave me a hug and we sat and chatted for a couple of hours over a cup of tea , it was really great , we were so comfortable with each other . She apologised for my sister's attitude but still couldn't give a definite answer to how she felt but then added that's now her problem not mine because I'm happy with the situation , I always thought that she would be .
The puzzle is now almost complete , it does feel good not to have the worry of my mother anymore , she just amazes me at 91 to have such a good grasp of the situation .
To add a P.S.
She was surprised at my nails and felt guilty that she doesn't do hers , maybe I should have offered .