Early Snowdrops.

These early snowdrops are from our garden.  Interesting how hardy they are having survived the freezing weather and ferocious winds.

This blip is not about snowdrops though but about differences in personalities.   Most of my family make decisions using "thinking" rather than "feeling".  This doesn't mean that they don't care or that they don't have feelings but they would rather respond to a crisis by being useful rather than indulging in hand holding or what they see as sentimental talk.  Even my mum, who always made us feel loved, was not into big shows of emotion.  She would cook a big meal, and worry about whether we were warm rather than kiss or cuddle us. My brother thinks it is "over the top" to put a kiss at the end of a text message and yet he has always been there for me..  My eldest son relates to me with a lot of joking and teasing.  He, though, took a day off work and was with us within the hour when our last dog was killed on the road.  Ken, and youngest son  are different.  The rest of the family see us as fairly amusing.  Sometimes, though a few warm words can mean a lot.  I was delighted to have a text from youngest son who is struggling with a a zero hours contract job and a large rent.  I had wondered whether he needed any help.  This was his response" "No thank you. You have been amazing, not just with money but you are the only person whose advice I respect. I love you lots.xxx" It is good that we are all different.