The recent post regarding emergency "grab bags" reminded me of something I did with my 9 year old grandsons at the start of the school holidays. I thought others might find it useful, if you hadn't already thought about it.
My husband died suddenly and totally unexpected back at the end of March this year. He had an undiagnosed heart complaint, felt a bit unwell, went for a lie down and an hour later I found him dead.
We often had our grandchildren to stay over the holidays and weekends and obviously, I wanted that to continue and my twin grandsons were coming in early August.
The pessimistic side of me came out and I started to worry about what would happen if I should suddenly become ill, or incapacitated in some way. What would or should the boys do?
With my sons permission and on the understanding that I didn't scare the living daylights out of them, I decided to chat with the boys about if they knew what to do if "granny did something daft."
By that I meant say if if fell in the garden and knocked myself out (or worse, but I didn't actually say that!)
I was pleasantly surprised at what they DID know (many thanks to Beavers leaders.) And also surprised at what they DIDN'T know.
For example they knew how to put me in the recovery position and that if they had to call the emergency services, they should stay connected so that the location of the call could be traced.
They did not, however, know my full address or the number to call for emergencies or their parent's phone number nor how to operate my ancient mobile or landline.
We spent some time chatting about these things then wrote a list using bullet points. They decided where it should go, next to the phone.
The list will be updated now that I have a grab bag too.
It put my mind at rest now that I'm on my own when having the boys to stay.
,strange flying insect,anyone know what it could be
