Days with the Queen 👸🏻

I’ve had a chuckle to myself this morning thinking of what I was going to write about my wonderful week with Nana.

Everyday has been a highlight, she always manages to throw in life advice during different conversations.

A lot of the time she yells when giving it, mostly because she has lost some hearing but otherwise it’s just deep within her Maltese blood and how the culture communicates.

Are you even Maltese if you don’t speak like your talking into a speaker phone ??

Despite her 97th innings, Nana still doesn’t miss a beat.

She has shown me how to cook traditional Maltese dishes, given plenty of “constructive criticism” whilst doing it and we have had plenty of laughs.

On the day we made the Ravjul, we put on her favourite music and danced around the kitchen.

My sister and I, adored watching her in her element.

In order to really catch and hold on to these moments, I asked my nephew Lachlan to record it on video. I will post the video in a few days!

A really beautiful part of her stay has been watching her with my son, she can’t hold on to him for long because he wriggles way to much but she still sneaks in a few kisses when she can.

It was only last night that I told her that I had written about her and it was on the internet, she said “Everyone will see it?”,

I said yes, she shook her head and said “I’m famous enough!”

We both laughed and she gave me a big cuddle, a kiss and said “thank you.”

But really, it’s her I should be thanking.

Despite how demanding she can be at times (which in my eyes, is what she should be doing) she always manages to make me smile, laugh and not to sweat the small stuff!

In fact, she has that effect on everyone!

So thank you Queen Nana, I hope to have you scheduled for our next home stay, same time next year!

With all my love

Xx