The words this week are 'Everything slows down with age' Well I know how that feels.
The two sisters Amy and Millie are pestering their mum Janeen to show them how to play tennis as a new sports centre has opened in their town and there are some beginners courts. Some of their friends already know how to play and they thought it would great to play against them, if they could get the hang of it and be worthy opponents.
"Not today girls, I'm a bit tired, and a lot of running about is just too much just now"
"But Mum I don't think it will be too much, we will probably spend most of the time picking the tennis balls up off the floor when we keep missing the ball" replied Millie who was the eldest.
"I still think it's too much today and I don't really want to go out at all" said Janeen. "Why don't you go and play table tennis in your playroom for a while, and then it will be tea time. I'm too old for all this activity"
"Mum you are not old said Millie, "no where near as old as Grandma and Grandad, I don't think they could play tennis"
"Flattery will not get you anywhere Millie, everything slows down with age, you will find out when you are older" replied Janeen.
The two girls went off to their playroom, knowing they were not going to win that discussion, and thinking that if Mum thought she was old, then Grandparents must be well past it. They didn't want to get old in a hurry, that's for sure.
I am linking this to Mia's theme of dots on Art Journal Journey.
1 comment:
Great story and picture. This quote really does resonate with me and so in some ways was hard to know what to do about it without saying "ouch" the whole time.
Don't think this saying applies to you, I always think of you as a busy little bee.
hugs, Neet xx
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