'Thanks, Auntie,' he said, unsurprised at the contents of the parcel yet unable to hide his tears. 'Dad's pullover revisited,' she overheard him whisper to his wife. 'I wish she'd just given it to me straight after he'd died instead of mucking around with it for all these years.'
At first, the pullover was meant for Tim's sixth birthday, but Elaine kept getting sidetracked and somehow she never managed to finish it. She unravelled it, added more wool, started over. Maybe for his twelfth? His sixteenth? Not his eighteenth - that would be ridiculous. She eventually completed it for his thirtieth.
'Thanks, Auntie,' he said, unsurprised at the contents of the parcel yet unable to hide his tears. 'Dad's pullover revisited,' she overheard him whisper to his wife. 'I wish she'd just given it to me straight after he'd died instead of mucking around with it for all these years.'
Padmini Krishnan
24/6/2022 02:26:01 pm
Oh gosh. Poor Elaine. The negative consequences of procrastination. Well done.
Mimi Grouse
24/6/2022 02:44:55 pm
Thank you, Padmini.
Pamela Kennedy
24/6/2022 02:39:13 pm
Poor Elaine for sure....and poor Tim, too.
Mimi Grouse
24/6/2022 02:45:38 pm
Thank you, Pamela.
Mary Anne mc Enery
24/6/2022 03:21:39 pm
A lovely touching family story. Felt a tear coming. Thanks Mimi.
Mimi Grouse
24/6/2022 06:29:35 pm
Thank you, Mary Anne. 24/6/2022 03:51:27 pm
A sad but touching story. I wondered at the end if Tim's father was Elaine's brother (as she was the aunt).
Mimi Grouse
24/6/2022 06:32:52 pm
Thank you, Jim. Yes, you're right about their relationship to each other.
Sue Clayton
25/6/2022 07:11:02 am
Her knitting fingers flew down the years, although I do wonder what condition the wool was in after all that unravelling.
Mimi Grouse
25/6/2022 07:27:37 am
Rather tatty, I'm sure.
Paritosh Chandra Dugar
25/6/2022 07:22:53 pm
So touching! Deeply emotional. Well written, Mimi
Mimi Grouse
25/6/2022 10:56:33 pm
Thank you, Paritosh. Comments are closed.
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