Caen - Today Sylvie's Birthday

Tuesday - *Sylvie’s 71st birthday* I gave her a birthday card and Marie-The and Aziz gave her two gold bracelets. A quick breakfast and shower and at ten we left for Caen to see Gisele (Sylvie’s mother) in the aged care home “Les Girandières”. Aziz didn’t come in and we only stopped for an hour. The atmosphere was tense and after initial hugs mum only talked about herself and never mentioned Sylvie’s birthday, although we told her that it was today. On leaving we went to the city center and walked around for a while and then to an Italian restaurant, “Pizza Rustica”, for lunch. We did some shopping, buying a skivvy for Wal and T-shirt for Sylvie. On the way home we did grocery shopping. Quiet night at home with much discussion about mum and her difficult behaviour.Read more