[Margaret Pilkington]

You have hit the nail on the head there Katex......but she knows that we don't find her a burden.....in fact she is a real good laugh.....and all of life is a trade off......I'll trade a meal for a bit of the past and a good yarn.....I'll trade a ride to the shops for half an hour of belly laughs......I'll trade pushing her round in her wheelchair for my fully fledged wheelchair pushers badge.....I have been apprentice for far too long. Sometimes parents have to accept the role reversal thing as a penalty for living so long.....her job will never be really complete... there will always be things that she can teach me.