Anna found a bit of paper scrunched in the bottom of Charlie's school blazer pocket. ' Important dates for this term.' It included the fact that Charlie has an exam today - first part of his English GCSE, so moderately serious.
Somehow, with his big sisters, we would have known about this, we would have been given the bit of paper, we would have had the dates in the family diary, and so on.
But I'm told by other, more experienced, parents, that boys are different like that - and I reflect ruefully that Charlie is very much as his dad was a that age...
Liturgy for When You were Pleased a Meeting was Delayed but Now you've
realised there's another meeting at the original time that you will have to
attend after all
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1 I was glad when they said to me the Meeting of the Moot has been delayed
2 For every meeting delayed is another meeting where the world might end
first.
3...
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3 comments:
I can so relate!
Welcome (back) to our world! And every time you tell him to get better organised, hear your own parents talking to you!
This has clearly struck a chord... and yes, my long-siuffering parents; voices are very much in my mind (may they rest in peace...) Mind you, I was their third boy, (8th child) so they'd got the hang of it by then...
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