Whilst Monday morning finds me giving some help to Mrs
P with the housework, it finds me spending more time with the eldest watching
TV. One of the nice things about everyone being off is having lunch together,
and because we had people for dinner yesterday there are various leftovers from
that meal. So for lunch today I can make a few sandwiches and fill the table
with lots of bits and pieces we can all tuck into, whilst we chat.
After lunch Mrs P and the eldest go off to town
together and the youngest and I sit down to watch a documentary film called
Undefeated. It follows an American Football season at a high school in North
Memphis, Tennessee. It was a salutary lesson watching these kids (all coloured)
from deprived backgrounds and broken homes trying to do the best they could –
sometimes succeeding, but frequently failing – and their coaches (nearly all
white) giving so much of their time to help these kids, who no one else would
have bothered with. It made me even more grateful for what I have in my life,
and hopefully it struck a chord with the youngest. At least it was good to sit
through it with him.
In the evening I go out to play football, which I
enjoy. Though I come home wondering if I overstretched, at one point. Or maybe
it’s just old age, catching up with me.
Yours counting my blessings.
Jay
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