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You Never Know What the Person Next to You Might Tell You.
Listening vs talking can help.
I remember being embarrassed that my mum would talk to anyone. I mean anyone. She never stayed in any line that the people in from of her or behind her wouldn’t be shown pictures of her children or grandchildren.
It used to be a point of pride that we kids would tell of the latest time we were so embarrassed by her talking to strangers.
She didn’t just talk to them, that was just the start. She would listen and know their history, what their children or grandchildren were doing, or where they were off to.
It’s funny but she didn’t just talk to people that were around her age, I mean she would talk and listen to anyone. She was genuinely interested in people, their plans, their dreams and loved to share in this. She was like this ever since I can remember.
Crossing on the Ferries
She lived in Victoria BC for the last twenty years of her life. My two sisters lived there and my brother and I lived across the water just outside Vancouver BC.
Visiting my brother and me would require an hour and a half ferry ride. In her later years, she would be driven to the ferry by one of my sisters and picked up by one of us on the mainland. She would stay the week…
