Posts under ‘Family’

I’m off to the UK in an hour or so. I’m going to my eldest daughter’s wedding in Derbyshire. At least I have an excuse for not posting for two days
I’ll be posting pics and telling you the story when I get back though!

David
Originally uploaded by JustGraham.

My son is my hero and I suspect he doesn’t realize the implications of that remark. Truth is I do look up to him and I know I’m his Dad but I’m sure he will have a very happy and successful life because he is who he is and also how he [...]

Isn’t it a little paradoxical that my last post was about an absent friend when I was being a little absent myself?
It’s a little cyclical with me. I’ve been blogging for over three years and it’s become an online presence that I won’t give up. I’ve never really found my own style though and have [...]

It was my father in law’s birthday earlier this month and as usual most of the family got together for a meal yesterday. My brother in law recently acquired the running of a restaurant in another part of Geneva so naturally, but for the first time for this annual occasion, we went to his restaurant.
We [...]

I say another weekend but today is Tuesday isn’t it. This means that the weekend ended the day before yesterday but as you might remember I don’t work Mondays anymore since the beginning of the year. As I am at 90% this means longer working days to compensate but it’s all working out rather well.
Yesterday [...]

It’s been a very busy week. TGIF!
Professionally the move means me splitting my time between two offices and some overtime to compensate. All my professional activities are in flux and I will have to adhere to new objectives.
I have been asked to step up as National IT Director of an Association that I am [...]

I was up early this morning, as usual for a working day. As I have already mentioned, this winter has been very mild and now, at the end of February, I am allowing myself a certain optimism and looking forward to Spring.
Around about this time of year the days start to get visibly longer [...]

Well we almost celebrated Pancake Day yesterday. I say almost because we finished by having a Crêpes Party with savoury and sweet crêpes. In the end there just wasn’t the time to get it all ready and to be honest my wife and son prefer savoury “pancakes” to sweet ones.
I guess I’m displaying my pancake [...]

My wife and I learnt today that a very good friend’s husband is not getting any better. Since we know her, her husband has been ill and that’s over ten years now. In addition to cancer and renal failure she learnt recently that he has been diagnosed as having Alzheimers disease. That’s a lot of [...]

Two posts about my wife in a row but this one is harder to write than the last one. Yesterday she had a sudden onset of abdominal pain that was impossible to relieve and at the end of the afternoon a colleague drove her to the local hospital while I left work to be by [...]