{"id":496,"date":"2021-06-04T17:55:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T08:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/?p=496"},"modified":"2021-06-05T16:53:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-05T07:53:29","slug":"stephens-blog-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.alphabendi.com\/?p=496","title":{"rendered":"Stephen’s blog"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Dear Regular Readers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope this week\u2019s edition of our newsletter finds you positive in mind and healthy in body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just a short poem for this week, it\u2019s a quickly thrown together affair, but I think that\u2019s pretty obvious when you read it.  It\u2019s a meandering collection of words that have been cobbled together into sentences that I hope somewhat evoke the passing of time without all the sadness and regret that you usually associate with poems about getting older.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope you have a good weekend and stay safe and I\u2019ll be back again next week with an offering of something or other be it poetry or a recipe for some cake, pasta dish or other.        <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Looking back and laughing at the passing of time<\/u><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Sitting on the sofa with loved ones looking and laughing at the passing of time and how it has been kinder to some and not to others. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fathers that used to have a full head of hair and mothers in the background struggling to stop their kids from behaving badly.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mothers and fathers helping to shape the lives of their children to help them grow up to hopefully eclipse what they themselves have achieved.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Memories of low cost holidays spent with shirts and socks off on local litter peppered stony sandy beaches<\/p>\n\n\n\n

looking out on to water that was always made less than inviting because of its temperature and colour.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tubs and cornets of ice cream in hand barely melting even when the sun broke through the clouds.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often going without the affordable, but never scrimping on the warmth and security of unconditional family love.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children growing up unaware of the sacrifices made by their parents to give them the best possible start in their lives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monochrome and colour pictures of the past bringing up fond images in our minds<\/p>\n\n\n\n

preventing such precious memories from entering into the forgotten as long as they are not lost.       <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Old clothes that you keep in your bottom drawer to remind you that you\u2019ve lived that part of your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Passing some of them back in time to be worn and lived in by others in the present to allow them to imagine living in the past. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then there was time you realized you\u2019d been single long enough and your girlfriend became your wife.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are those odd moments in time when we see, smell and hear things that make us feel we\u2019ve experienced them before.     <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And it\u2019s all wrapped up in the passing of time because that\u2019s what we live for.   <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

A poem by Stephen Austwick.<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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