Originally published in NZ Dairy Exporter
Recently I visited my only sister. We live a long distance apart so it is always and event when we meet. Unfortunately one of my children became ill while we were there, but after a few anxious days and with the help of a doctor and kindness from everyone, we had the wee darling fit and happy once more.
While we two mothers talked and talked our off-spring fought and fought! I guess it’s a healthy sign of abundant energy and an expression of cousinly love! The children all vow they had a lovely time. We mothers did anyway. We talked of many subjects. Pardon me if I change the old familiar lines a bit but we talked of… “Shoes and sheets, and kiddies’ ‘scraps’ and cabbages and Queens.”
My sister showed me how to make professional belt loops (or keepers) on frocks, and how to make mince, simply delicious and brown, and we exchanged hints and ideas on this, that and the other thing. I liked her new hat so much I’ve got almost its twin now!
With four little girls between us, our daily chores went on, only with nice long lie-ins for me and I suppose earlier rising for my sister, but believe me into a short holiday we crammed a lot of chatter dear to a woman’s heart.
– Spun Silk
