Becoming A Grandmother Is Wonderful.

A Friendship Can Weather Most Things And Thrive In Thin Soil; But It Needs A Little Mulch Of Letters And Phone Calls And Small, Silly Presents Every So Often - Just To Save It From Drying Out Completely.

Kittens Are Wide-eyed, Soft And Sweet. With Needles In Their Jaws And Feet.

A Sister Is The Cure For Swollen Heads And Ego Trips. One May A Star, A Chief Executive-famous And Rich And Beautiful. But One's Sister Has The Family Photo Album. And A Long, Long Memory. And A Tendency To Wink At One On Top Occasions.

A Bag Of Apples, A Pot Of Homemade Jam, A Scribbled Note, A Bunch Of Golden Flowers, A Coloured Pebble, A Box Of Seedlings, An Empty Scent Bottle For The Children. . . . Who Needs Diamonds And Van-delivered Bouquets?

One Small Cat Changes Coming Home To An Empty House To Coming Home.