guess who

Of course I sobbed through much of "Up!" Loss, grief, dreams not realised in a lifetime. But also loved it - and fab to see elderly people as the main characters in a film.
We then went on to play Guess Who - a game we adapted when the kids were little as the version we bought from the charity shop had only white folk in it. Tonight my son lost one round purely because he was convinced Paul was female - something that happened a fair bit when he was little, but I wrongly thought that now he can read he would make different presumptions. A brilliant conversation ensued about how we make guesses about people's gender, how children regularly ask me if I'm a boy or a girl, to do with my short hair. How names don't always tell us. And one of the Guess Who people looks to me like a man only she has long hair and a woman's name, so we also chatted about trans gendered folk. I love the opportunities to talk about these things with my kids.
Today I have to have left for work before the gate opens for school. Then lunch with my lovely deacon friend - we will share hugs and laughter. Later I need to remove a dead pigeon from my porch roof. Life can be odd.