Then and now.

In this past week an old obituary of my grandfather was republished in the Irish News a Belfast daily paper. He died in 1942 eleven years before I appeared on the planet so I could never have known him. When he died my dad was 22 just finishing his medical studies. The following day in the same paper an account of his funeral was published and it was notable how the female family members didn't rate a mention among the mourners.

I sent the piece to my nephews and nieces in Canada- so far no reaction at all.