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NOVEMBER 2017

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My darling Emily-Ann, We went to your dancing concert last month - it was fabulous!  Mom sent me this photo of you which I wanted to include in this post.  We also went to your drama concert at the Durban Technikon.  You were part of a scene doing a belly dance and you also told your jokes in between scenes!  At the end of the show you received this certificate.  We were so proud of you we gave you a bunch of red roses - and one rose to the little girl who was the princess in the play. We've had a braai at Dennis and Rita's home in Kloof.  You and I play and draw and sometimes we just sit and talk.  You are becoming quite the little lady and enjoyed sitting on Dennis' bar stool. We also go to Sundowners at Greg and Sharon's on a Friday night.   On this night you and Gumpie had a Grandpa-Grand-daughter special moment!  By the way, Mom sent me this photo a bit late.  This is 'Lucy' the talking, singing, dancing doggie yo

OCTOBER 2017

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Hello my Emily-Ann! You had your treatment on the 2nd October.  You are so brave - never a cry or a tear as they put the port in.  You always come to us after a treatment and this time it was Thandi's birthday so  we had cakes, sweets, chips and cold drinks to celebrate.  You had a fund time outdoors with Mom and Dad - hopefully not whizzing down steep inclines!   You and your Dad are BFF's and you like to climb all over him! On 6 and 7 October we all went to the iMfolozi Game Reserve. It was very dry, no water in the pans or the rivers and we saw elephant digging holes with their trunks in the river bed at Sontuli in iMfolozi to find water for the babies.   Dennis and Rita shared with Greg and Sharon and Gumpie and I shared with you and your parents.  These photos were taken at Hilltop.   We love going to the Game Reserves and your Mom and Dad feel that it is important for you to get to know the wilderness and the animals that live there.

SEPTEMBER 2017

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Hello my darling, Sometimes - not every often - your Mom asks us to fetch you from school.  On Wednesday Gumpie and I fetched you from school and you asked if we could go to the Fig Tree Coffee Shop at the church in Anthony road.  Its a lovely coffee shop with a children's play area.  I have been there with you and Mom so know that you are allowed to play there but Gumpie nearly had a heart attack!  You climbed through the tunnels, followed other children up the ladder to the top of the slide, went over, under and around the big foam blocks.  Eventually Gumpie begged me to take you home!  Your Mom came soon afterwards and I took Gumpie home. We went to your school assembly at the end of term.  Its lovely to see you with all the other children, singing loudly and doing all the actions on stage! Your class won the trophy for the most newspapers collected and... guess what... you won the trophy for the most individual newspaper collector!  Well done Em!

AUGUST 2017

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Hello my darling Em, August was a busy month - it was my 70th birthday on 6th August and I had a High Tea at home which went off exactly as I hoped it would.  Some of our oldest friends were there, like Barbara and Charles Mason.  Gumpy and Charles worked together in 1961 and I first met them 50 years ago.  Charles was our groomsman at our wedding.  He is the tall man on the right with my friend Colleen who was my bridesmaid.  We still keep in touch. Three people in this photograph have passed away.  Brian was Gumpy's bestman, Patty was my Matron of Honour and her daughter, Caroline, was our flower girl.  They have all passed on.  You have met the other two people - Gumpy's cousins Anthony and Carol who now live in Australia. Do you recognize our page boy, the little boy next to Gumpy?  Believe it or not that is Uncle Jeff!  My brother was 10 years old (not much older than you are now) when we got married. Jenny, Marion, Barbara and Linda Jeff and Gail Phyllis