A very late Friday's Fave Five! - 15/12/24

Better late than never.  Each week a group of us look back on the week and list the things we're grateful for.  Our host is Susanne who posts here.

1)  Firstly I'm grateful to Susanne for reminding us every week to take a pause and find the good things in our week.  Susanne's going through a difficult time just now but she still made sure the prompt and link were posted.  Thank you Susanne and look after yourself.

2)  An evening out with the knitting group.  Instead of meeting to knit and natter this week we went to a local pub for a Christmas meal.  10 of us attended and it was a lovely evening.  The company was good and the food was good too.  They had several choice including a turkey meal with all the trimmings but I personally opted for steak followed by a chocolate brownie.  Yum!

3)  So much local support for our Foodbank.  Last weekend volunteers were at our local big supermarket rattling buckets for donations and trying to encourage people to add one or two Christmas items to their shop to donate for the Christmas hampers we provide to our families at this time of year.  The response has been amazing.

4)  A new baby in the extended family.  Our nephew Tom and his wife Issie welcomed Atticus to their world yesterday.  He's their first baby so of course they are overjoyed right now - as they should be - he's beautiful.  This is the first baby in the extended family for almost 3 years and the first Grandchild for Hubby's brother Bernard and his wife Kathryn.  They are going to be great grandparents.  We also learned that another nephew and his wife are expecting their third baby in 2025.

5)  It never ceases to amaze me that, despite the size of Hubby's extended family, how close everyone is and how supportive of one another.  We might not see each other as often as we used to but you know that there are people who rally round when needed.  Especially important at the moment - you may recall that Nick lost one of his sisters a few months ago, well sadly her ex-husband passed away a couple of weeks ago too so the children are now orphans.  Of course they're not really children as they are 18 and 20 but not of an age to cope with the loss of both parents in such a short space of time.  But the family are rallying round to make sure they're ok and to help out with all the practical, legal and financial stuff that needs doing.  I'm grateful to be a part of this family.

I usually finish these posts by wishing everyone a good weekend but this one is so late it's have a good week instead!