Ostermontag

[wiseheart]

... was fairly quiet, too, although with missed blessings. In any case, I put the peaceful morning to good use and finished the last pages of the baby books. I still have to bind them, which is the less pleasant part of the project, but at least the work is (mostly done).



Here are Pages 5 and 6, with the flaps closed:



Pages 5, with the flaps opened:



Pages 6, with the flaps opened:




I also found the time to (finally) arrange a plate for ourselves, with all of this year's biscuits displayed:



And I did some writing, solved a few crossword puzzles, had a long phone talk with my friend Evie, played Solitaire on Methuselah-the-laptop and didn't have to cook because we ate the last leftovers. We both took a lengthy nap in the early afternoon, after having watched The Repair Shop.

Those were the good things. Unfortunately, Mum also got a call, telling her that one of her oldest ex-colleagues had died last night, at the age of 96. It wasn't entirely unexpected, he was ailing for a year by now, but it shook her very much nonetheless. Of a close-knit group of people of similar age who used to work together for decades, she's the only one left now. Oh, there still are two from the same workplace she's regular (phone) contact with, but those are at least a decade younger, which makes all the difference.

Comments

[meathiel]

What was your mum's job?
I'm sorry she lost the last old colleague.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

She was a book-keeper for about 50 years or so.

[ylla.livejournal.com]

The biscuits are all great, but I especially like the sheeps - do they have a recipe?

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Sure, do you want it? I can translate it from German for you. They are really easy to make. In case you can read and understand German, here is the original (https://www.chefkoch.de/rezepte/349571120143173/Kokos-Laemmchen.html?portionen=95.01). It's basically a shortcut dough with coconuts.

[manue7a.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry for your mother' loss.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thank you. She's a bit shaken. They weren't very close with the old gentleman, but they've known each other for decades, and that counts. Especially as no-one else of her generation within the family is with us any longer.

[elwenlj.livejournal.com]

I'm sorry to hear about Mum's friend. I know I struggled when my own mum died, and I realise that I was now the older generation. Staring mortality in the face is never comfortable, whatever your faith.

[curiouswombat.livejournal.com]

You have said more or less my own thoughts — it is rather as a cousin on my mother said, at the funeral of their own last uncle, "You know you are getting old when you are in the front row at funerals", And I would add when you are the last of a group left standing.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That, exactly!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Indeed. Within the entire extended family Mum's the only one of her generation left. Which is why I'm so pissed off with the younger generation(s) for not visiting her from time to time.

[noadvertising.livejournal.com]

Quite a lot of my former colleagues died younger than I was then. And I do not know any people who are really old. My mum always said that it gets dangerous the less pld people are with you at funerals.

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Glad you had a good day.

Sorry about mom's friend.

[mirasaui.livejournal.com]

So sorry about your Mum's colleague. Your Easter cookies all look delicious — Yum!