I sometimes think one of the things we've done wrong with the girls is that they've had a lot of stability. When we moved in, Nicki was 9 months old and so they've spent all their lives in one house, going to one primary and one secondary school. I've done the same thing all their lives and so has Julie (albeit at different places).
This means that they are now quite change-resistant and it's important to them that things stay the same 'at home', even if they aren't actually here to see it happening. At the same time, there's probably a build-up in the need to change things that mean that at some point in the next 5 years there may be radical change they aren't quite ready for.
I notice a step-change in people I don't see for a while. An anniversary party coming on Saturday will be the opportunity to see people not glimpsed for 10 years. The chins will have multiplied and hairlines receded big-time I suspect.
I used to have Genesis's Spot the Pigeon EP, with Inside and Out on it - the last decent song they ever wrote.
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Stability
Date: 2006-07-05 12:59 pm (UTC)This means that they are now quite change-resistant and it's important to them that things stay the same 'at home', even if they aren't actually here to see it happening. At the same time, there's probably a build-up in the need to change things that mean that at some point in the next 5 years there may be radical change they aren't quite ready for.
I notice a step-change in people I don't see for a while. An anniversary party coming on Saturday will be the opportunity to see people not glimpsed for 10 years. The chins will have multiplied and hairlines receded big-time I suspect.
I used to have Genesis's Spot the Pigeon EP, with Inside and Out on it - the last decent song they ever wrote.