My dad was given the opportunity to go and seek out the Northern lights in the Lofoten Islands of Norway and has just returned from just over two weeks of travel to Norway and then to Malta. I am so grateful that Lights shone bright in their narrow time window. Along the way he found new places, friendships, shared experiences, reconnection with his son, time with his grandchildren and daughter-in-law.
He has however returned with a broken wrist and some balance issues: the wrist from some too-enthusiastic explorations in a Bergen Forest and neurological balance symptoms from overdoing it after a TIA.
How to hold someone I love so dearly from afar? It's like chasing auroras. You cannot catch them, but you can stand beneath and whisper your feelings as your heart expands and aches with longing. Gosh, I love this man I call Dad so much. I wish we had every day teas and pop-ins. Instead I make do with whatsapps and calls. And flying up on the excuse of a medical need.
While my also-much-loved mum calls me to tell me NOT to come and puts the phone down on me again and again.
#lookforthelight #iwillnevertakethisforgranted #lookcloserfindmore
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