Some of my earliest and best memorise of growing upare of my grandmother,or 'nek' as she is affectionately called. She has influenced our lives in so many ways that it is difficult to imagine life without her. She has always been there to share our triumphant and various moments and when we had our share of dissapointments and frustration,she was there with her kind words of comfort. Nek is both loving and lovable,although she has her eccentricities and can be quiet exasperating at times. She is very much the matriarch of the family and takes charge of an our family concerns-from paying all our bills to decide the menu for our meals.
Nek is septuagenerian,although she does not look a day over 65. She is able to shed all those extra years thanks to her Elle Lavender eye make-up kit. Although frugal in her spending,Nek does not mind indulging in a few luxuries,like make-up and expensive clothes,for it is her belief that fine furthers make fine birds.
Nek is very much a workaholic. She is so full of life and her energy knows no bounds. You will always find her buzy with a broom or a mop in her hand,or she may be buzy tending to her roses or orchids with her green fingers.
A woman of fortitude,it is her belief that only the strongest and fittest survive in this world. There is no place in it for mooners and weepers. Some ten years ago,Nek was confined to a wheelchair after a road accident which left her paralysed from the waist down. Her sheer will to live and not be a burden to her son got her back on her feet again in a matter of just a few months.
Her incessant preoccupation with health in a recurrent source of annoyance to Dad,whose belly is often the subject of her close scrutiny and ridicule. She is confident that dad will soon have this pot belly mentioned in the Guinness Book of Records.
Nek makes it a point to know anybody and everybody- from the an in the street to the lawyer who lives a few doors away. The astronomical monthly phone bills are evidence of her gregariousness and her ever-widening circle of friends.
Although as lively as a cricket,we know that she is in her twilight years. There will come a time when she will have to leave us,but until then,Nek will always be our friend and confident.
