This year, we're spending Christmas at home, but on New Year's Day, some of us are flying to Samoa to check in and say 'talofa lava' to family there.
I'm also meeting my bro from Australia and his lovely wife, and we're going to have a neat time together and probably check out some rock pools and do some swim time, since I've sent over some boogie boards and paddles too.
I'm so glad my youngest has continued in her swimming lessons over the year, learning all the different strokes, as I had insisted on for all my children, since water plays such an essential role in our lives.
Returning to Samoa annually, since before the COVID-19 pandemic, has become routine for my family and me, as role modelled by my parents and especially my late father. And at present, my beloved is over there working on his PhD fieldwork, as I had many moons ago.
So this new phenomenon, which is a strawberry ice cream on a stand that looks like a strawberry, was given to me by my children to try, and it definitely warms the taste buds, too. There are all sorts of flavours, but the strawberries are my favourite. More evidence that the holidays are almost here...
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