Having plenty to do and think about is excellent for diverting the mind away from the troublesome hip. During the last month all our three adult offspring, their other halves and all our four grandchildren have spent time with us in our French house, so there has been endless activity and laughter as well as loads of cooking, washing, ironing and cleaning! It is particularly wonderful though to see how agile and energetic the grandchildren are; running rather than walking, jumping and leaping in preference to stepping, whilst chasing seems far more exciting than walking side by side. Meanwhile the accompanying adults step steadily behind, including the one with the stick.....
'Watch me, Granny. I can do this!' can be heard at regular intervals.
'Fantastic' I reply. ' Do it again!'
No problem with climbing into the hammock for them. Hmm....there must be a way.
And so that is why I have developed a new technique for my hammock manoeuvres:-
- bottom in first, at right angles to the hammock
- swing the flexible left leg in next
- lastly assist the troublesome right leg in
- lean back and enjoy!
'Fantastic,' they shout 'Let's swing you!'
I have to admit it is very gratifying to see their admiring looks and to feel like a child again.
And the lovely thing about all the grandchildren is that they don't really notice your stick, much less care about it!
ReplyDeleteA lovely picture and post.