Elysian Daze

Where’s My Sock?

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2023

A couple of Elisa sound bytes from this weekend:

“My papi knows everything, and my mami always knows best”.

Going down the stairs:

“I’ll go first because I’m your darling”.

In the wee hours of the morning she mumbled in her sleep and seemed to be distressed. I assumed she was having a nightmare and prepared to comfort her. She mumbled again.

“What is it, sweetheart?”, I asked.

“WHERE’S MY SOCK?????”.

I switched on the lamp, found the sock, placed it on Elisa’s foot and looked at the clock. Three a.m.! Elisa had fallen back asleep before you could say “Twinkletoes”.

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● About Me

I’m Anne-Claire, born and raised in England, resident in Germany for over thirty years. Until recently I was self-employed, teaching and translating English and German. I have three adult sons, currently scattered around the globe. None of them are in any hurry to have children, so I was very lucky to meet “Elisa”, five years ago, when she was hardly a year old. I later met her grandfather – “Opa” – with whom I happily live in sin.

As both Elisa’s grandmothers live abroad, I am fortunate enough to have morphed into the role of ersatz “Oma”. She has always called me by my name, and that suits me just fine. As you will see from my posts, a wonderful friendship has developed between us over the years. This is why I refer to her as my “Mini-Bestie”, because I truly feel that she is one of my closest friends.

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