All Blog Posts Tagged 'grandparents' (4)

Last Saturday I went to a reunion. I can just hear my friends say: ‘But you never go to reunions!’ That’s right: normally you wouldn’t find me at such an event. Death is the guest of honour at most reunions. But I went as my mother’s wheelchair-pusher.



An elderly man asked who I was, and I answered: ‘I’m Jacques Hendriksen’s grandson.’ He replied enthusiastically: ‘Ah, the headmaster.’ I had never had seen so many people in one place who had known my grandfather, who was born in…

The Lonely Chair The Story is about losing a beloved grandfather. 

Grandma helps her grandchild deal with the loss by telling stories about Grandpa and his chair. There is also a poetry version of this book.…

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