20th November 2021
Happy Birthday to me, and what an amazing day it was.
Kelli excelled by giving me a gift that I would never had thought of.
There was a story that I had told her a few years ago about a time when my mum had bought me a Corgi model of a Ford Thunderbird. I was eight years old and was sick and confined to bed. My mum went into Bath to go shopping, she bought me this toy to cheer me up. It was an amazing model, and became my favourite. As I grew older the toys were confined to a box under the stairs. After a few years they were given to other children possibly less fortunate. It wasn’t until I had children of my own that I wished that I kept them to hand down. I never forgot about the turquoise and cream Ford Thunderbird, and I often tried to find one at car boot sales with no success. This was years before EBay, I had found some that were advertised, but failed to buy them.
This was the story I told Kelli who put into her memory, and turned it into reality for me today.
This was start of a fun day.
We collected the Black Forrest gateau from the cake shop, then off to New Holland for a Birthday lunch with members of my US family.
Our reserved table was decked out with balloons tied to a plant, a gift from our florist friend. Kelli’s brother Matt and his wife Petra plus mother Georgia joined us.
Between many picture taking, eating and drinking, with a bit of health debating it was a good time.
I had FaceTime with my boys and sister, so all round a different kind of day, and a memorable day it was.
Another Lifetime to go 