A Year In Photos-Day 139

Friday
I was looking for something on Friday morning and my bedside drawers were heaving so it was no wonder I couldn't find anything. I decided to have a sort out and came across all sorts of things. I found the last birthday and anniversary cards that my Grandad wrote to me. He was in a nursing home after having a severe stroke and he couldn't really do anything for himself but he managed to write his name in my cards. I was so touched by that effort.

I also found this...

I made this when I was about 8 years old during sewing lessons at primary school. The words 'shoes' has faded but it was a shoe shine/buffer/sponge thing. I made it for my Grandad and he kept it for all those years. I couldn't believe that a crudely made item had meant so much to him that he'd kept it on his bedside table until he died.