My Aunt in; My Mind’s Eyes
My parents had many distant relatives most of whom I couldn’t trace their lineage on our family tree. There were quite a large number of aunties, uncles, cousins we couldn’t really fit into the picture. To us they were family and it had to stay that way.
I was around 8 when a distant elderly cousin of my dad visited. She lived with her daughter in a different part of the country. She stayed for a few days, however, she asked my parents if I could come with her to spend the rest of the summer holiday with her grandchildren when she was ready to leave.
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My confidence did not just plummet and disappear into the faraway, it gradually diminished with worries, doubts and what not. I was not the type of person who could shake the ground with their speech or turn heads in astonishment when spoken. No, I was not.
Somewhere between childhood and adulthood, we lost the act of playing. The act that saw us through the formation period of our lives. Playing is not just essential for growth, it is an integral part of life. While playing is important for a child’s development, it is also an important source of relaxation and stimulation for adults as well.