It’s the little things that make memories. It’s the little things that build relationships and maintain them. It doesn’t have to be anything world shattering. It could be something as simple as a day together.
On Saturday we had an early start to the day and drove up to Sydney. There we got together with our daughter and her husband. Along with thousands of other people, we enjoyed the Sculpture by the Sea exhibition at Bondi. No, thousands is not an exaggeration. It is a very popular exhibition. I described it to a friend later as a moving stairway.
It was lovely to be out in the sunshine in such a picturesque spot chatting and comparing ideas. We each had our favorites in the sculpture exhibition, though several of our particular favorites were the same. It was good to talk about art, about families, about marriage and work and whatever else came to mind.
After Tamarama Beach where the sculptures ended, we walked on to Bronte. With three young children, our son and his wife decided the walk, which involved a lot of up and down steps, was not appropriate for them, so we met them at Bronte. Meanwhile they spent a relaxing time in the park area where the children could also play on the swings and other park equipment.
We all had lunch together and sat around and chatted about work, art, school, courses our son and daughter are doing, things the children are involved in and what they’re doing at school, what they’re reading or watching at the movies, and whatever else came up.
It was not an earth shattering day, in the scheme of things but it was lovely to catch up with all our family, to take family photos, to enjoy being with them and to see how they are managing their marriage relationships as well as how they are teaching and training their children.
Marriage and family life is made up of day to day activities and that’s all this was, sharing our day to day lives with each other. But it was no less special for all that.We returned home tired but happy.
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