you either love it or loath it, a bit like marmite!
I love it…normally, this year has been awful so I’m not particularly bothered this year..however, I have been buying gifts.
My dilemma came when I was trying to decide what to buy for my 88 year old mother. She’s very healthy, mobile although a bit unsteady on steps if there are lots. At her age there isn’t much she either hasn’t got, or has already had at some point. I mean, what do you buy someone that has everything, or buys it if she needs it? There are only so many mugs with ‘wonderful mum’, ‘best mummy’, etc written on them that one woman needs to own.
What she does love is to dance! She’s always the first on the dance floor at a party, and the last off if she can get away with it..the life and soul. In her youth she was a ballerina, at one time having her own ballet school…so…when I spotted an advert for a ballet in Blackpool I snapped it up.
The event was ballet by candlelight organised by https://www.facebook.com/concertsbycandlelight and it was spectacular! From entering the tower she was greeted with kindness, offered help to the lift, her bag carried when she had to walk up one flight and then escorted to her seat too! Once there, even the other guests were so kind. While I went to get us a drink a lovely couple looked after her, chatting about her time as a dancer.
All in all it was a fabulous evening and she went home very happy. If you get the chance, I’d highly recommend it.
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