grandad kit

Thank you for reading my blog. If you have difficulty seeing your grandchildren, or have any views about my situation, I would welcome your messages by e-mail through this blog site. If you wish, just use a first name or a nickname and your identity will be protected, like mine – “Grandad Kit.”

Dear “Tom”

Whistles and drums

I am you other grandfather, the one you have never met. You are three years old, and although I have never met you, I love you dearly and always will. You are my flesh and blood, and always will be. We will meet one day, I am sure. I am writing this daily "blog" to you to make up for the fact that I can't speak to you right now. I hope that one day you will be able to read this.

I still can't get over your Mam's e-mail not working. It was working just a few weeks ago. Now my eldest sister Pat rang me yesterday. She was expecting me to go and see her, but I wasn't there. That was because she'd sent me an email to my old email address and of course it didn't get through. I haven't had that address for two and a half years, and she's emailed me recently, but never mind. As I say, it was all my fault. Your Mam should get my letter tomorrow, but don't expect her to do anything for days or even weeks. We'll wait and see.

Do you like playing musical instruments, like whistles and drums? I bet you do, but your Mam and Da might not. I remeber when your cousin Elaine was very little, younger than you, we bought her a drum. She loved that drum, banging away all the day. This drove her mother wild, and she made us take it back! "She can play the drum when she comes to you house and drive you mad" she said. We've still got it, and a whole load of other instruments like whistles and flutes. If you coem to our house, you can play them to your heart's content.

Grandad was out on his bike yesterday, and running again today, in the nice weather. You need to get some sunshine onto your body to stay healthy, but not too much. I know for a fact your Mam will have put plenty of sun cream onto you when you went for your holiday at the seaside, and a sun hat. Too much sun without a hat can boil your head! (oh yes it can).

Love from#

Grandad Kit and Nana Ann