IT IS A NICE SUNNY DAY HERE IN KELOWNA, B.C. WHERE FOR THE LAST WEEK I HAVE BEEN VISITING MY DAD.
IT HAS BEEN A GREAT VISIT.
HE IS DOING VERY WELL INDEED FOR 94 COME AUGUST 26.
HE IS IN GOOD SPIRITS; HAS A GOOD APPETITE. HIS LONGER TERM MEMORY IS VERY GOOD; HIS SHORT TERM MEMORY IS JUST THAT, SHORT TERMED, BUT THE ADVANTAGE OF THAT IS, WHEN I TAKE HIM TO THE LARGE MALL HERE, IT IS LIKE HE HAS NEVER SEEN IF BEFORE, AND HE'S ALL AMAZED BY IT. SO IT WILL BE AGAIN AT THE END OF JUNE, WHEN I TAKE HIM DOWN TOWN AND TO THE BEAUTIFUL LAKEFRONT; IT WILL ALL BE NEW TO HIM, AND HE WILL ONCE MORE SAY, "I WISH I COULD LIVE HERE, IT IS SO NICE."
YES IT IS SAD FOR ME WHEN I THINK HOW HE USED TO BE BEFORE HIS MINOR STROKE 3 YEARS AGO, AND HOW HE WAS ALL OF HIS LIFE......CLEAR MINDED, BRIGHT, ENERGETIC, AND OF COURSE INDEPENDENT IN JUST ABOUT EVERY WAY UNTIL HE WAS 90. BUT HE DOES NOT REMEMBER ALL THAT, SO HE'S HAPPY IN THE WORLD HE NOW LIVES IN. AS I PUSH HIM AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IN HIS WHEEL-CHAIR AND WE LOOK AT ALL THE LOVELY GARDENS, I TELL HIM, "WELL DAD YOU HAD A LOVELY GARDEN; YOU LOVED WORKING IN IT AND MAKING IT SO NICE." HE ANSWERS ME, "DID I." "YES YOU SURE DID DAD," I REPLY.
HE WILL REMEMBER PEOPLE FROM THE PAST, AND HIS WORK FOR 36 YEAR WITH MACKINTOSH CHOCOLATE AND CHEWING-GUM COMPANY. HE BECAME FOREMAN OF HALF THE BLOCK LARGE CHEWING-GUM FACTORY. AND HE WAS A FANTASIC BOSS; EVERYONE LOVE HIM AS HE WAS NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS - TREATED EVERYONE WITH KINDNESS AND JUSTICE, WHETHER THEY WERE CHARGE-HANDS UNDER HIM OR JUST WORKERS. THAT WAS THE MAIN REASON HE WAS LOVED BY ALL. WHEN HE RETIRED AND THEY HELD A PART FOR HIM, MOST OF THE LADIES WERE CRYING. THEY ALL SAID, "IT IS JUST NOT GOING TO BE THE SAME TAFFY WITHOUT YOU."
BEING A WELSHMAN BY BIRTH [BUT HIS PARENTS WERE "COCKNEYS" FROM LONDON] AS I AM, HE WAS ALWAYS KNOWN AS "TAFFY" - ALL WELSHMEN ARE ALSO KNOW AS "TAFFY" BECAUSE OF THE "TAFF" RIVER IN WALES - THE LARGEST RIVER. BUT HE NEVER LEARNT THE WELSH LANGUAGE; WAS NOT TAUGHT IN THE SCHOOLS LIKE IT IS TODAY, AND HIS PARENTS BEING ENGLISH NEVER SPOKE WELSH. BUT HE STILL HAS HIS WELSH ACCENT.
THE SOUTH WELSH AS A LITTLE DIFFERENT FROM THE NORTH WELSH; THE SOUTH WELSH ARE FROM BRUTUS THE TROJAN AND HIS PEOPLE WHO CAME WITH HIM TO BRITAIN. THE TROJANS WERE A SPLIT-OFF FROM JUDAH, HENCE JEWISH. THE SOUTH WELSH ARE DARK AND ALL WELSHMEN SING; PART OF THE JEWISH TRAIT.....MUSICAL AND SINGERS. MY DAD WHEN YOUNG HAD A VERY SMOOTH MELODIC VOICE; MY MOM ALSO BORN IN WALES WAS A GREAT POP SINGER ALSO, HAD A VERY FINE SINGING VOICE.
IT IS WONDERFUL MY DAD IS LIVING SO LONG. BEING AN ONLY CHILD IT SURE WILL BE STRANGE AND TAKE SOME GETTING USED TO WHEN HE IS NO LONGER HERE. BUT I PRAY THE LORD WILL GIVE HIM SOME YEARS YET TO LIVE.
SO IN A FEW HOURS I MUST LEAVE DAD AND RETURN HOME TO CALGARY TO RESUME MY MANY RESPONSIBILITIES AND ACTIVITIES, WHICH I AM SO THANKFUL THAT THE LORD HAS GIVEN ME THE HEALTH TO SO KEEP DOING.
WOULD APPRECIATE YOUR PRAYERS FOR MY SAFE RETURN.
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