Humour

What Is It With Fathers?

How Do They Always Know?

My lovely Dad at 94, out for lunch
My Dad, making breakfast when Splinter was young and new

After surviving adventures and exploits that would put Angelina Jolie in the shade, fighting huge spiders and rescuing the oppressed, I was about to surrender to the passionate desires of George Clooney.

He was tenderly putting his arm under my head, as he lay down beside me, whispering "oh, I have missed you"

and I replied, "I have missed you, too"

A bullfrog tone calls "Are you awake?"
"No!"
"Are you awake? It's nine o'clock"

The delectable Clooney fades from my languorous dreamy state; I open my eyes, sit up and wonder

Photo by Braxton Apana on Unsplash

How In The Heck Do Fathers Always Know?

I still have a quirky sense of gratitude for the hot cup of tea he made for me. He did it every morning.

Yes, my lovely Dad had just brought a cup of tea over to my Mum’s house. Next door!

She was already up and I would soon getting ready to come home.

He said he thought I might have gone back to sleep.

He was such a sweetie.

But, I still find myself wishing he had slept in that morning, as he often did.

Just a few minutes more……..

My lovely Dad, bringing my cup of tea

It’s been over ten years since the delectable Clooney was in my dreams.

I suspect the sudden appearance of a Father can frighten even he.

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Lesley Dewar There's always another story to tell
Lesley Dewar There's always another story to tell

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