This weekend Easter Memories came flooding back to me unexpectedly. And they stopped me dead in my tracks. Disturbed me. Then, made me smile.

Easter Memories – Anniversary

Easter was a turbulent time of year for my family when I was a child. My parents had married on 29th March – on the same day as the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, the Grand National and  the Football Cup Final. So there were lots of uneasy-making reminders for my otherwise oblivious father.

I well remember being sent out on an emergency mission to buy “flowers for your Mother’s Wedding Anniversary”.

Fortunately she thought it was funny – and she always loved the flowers. That stinging smell of daffodils always reminds me of her laughing. Continue reading →