I returned to the area I grew up today and used to spend almost every day - the park. The pavilion and the swings are still the same colour and the 2 football pitches were lined out but without the goal posts for some reason. The running track round one of the pitches where our school sports used to take place is overgrown with weeds and has seen better days. It's funny how I can remember so much of the time I spent there. The sounds, the smells, the victories as well as the defeats and the tears and the annual fete run by Roundtable. All these memories make us what we are.
I watch my kids growing up and wonder what influence we as parents pass on and how much comes from their peers and their environment?
Tonight once I have finished work, quickly grabbed some food, dropped my son off at athletics I will cram in a half hour turbo session and a half hour weights session before picking him up and then having a light dinner when I get back before relaxing with my wife and then an early night as I'm on the "red eye" tomorrow to London. Do the kids notice how busy life is or are they wrapped up in their own wee world which revolves around Facebook and COD?
Monday 9 January 2012
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