Family Archives - Graham Lawrence https://www.grahamlawrence.net/tag/family/ Writer, Publisher, Retired Wed, 18 Sep 2024 04:25:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/cropped-Favicon-152-32x32.png Family Archives - Graham Lawrence https://www.grahamlawrence.net/tag/family/ 32 32 59298246 Holding Rice https://www.grahamlawrence.net/holding-rice-a-story-by-graham-lawrence-from-tales-from-the-village/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/holding-rice-a-story-by-graham-lawrence-from-tales-from-the-village/#comments Thu, 15 Feb 2024 08:26:45 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=5874 The sky was darkening by the minute as the clouds turned from white to light grey to a darker shade, to charcoal and now indeed black with a rapidity rarely seen. A wind had suddenly sprung up. Starting as a light breeze with a vague hint of coolness. Then gradually becoming a more noticeable breath […]

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]]> https://www.grahamlawrence.net/holding-rice-a-story-by-graham-lawrence-from-tales-from-the-village/feed/ 4 5874 Family https://www.grahamlawrence.net/family-a-story-by-graham-lawrence-from-tales-from-the-village/ https://www.grahamlawrence.net/family-a-story-by-graham-lawrence-from-tales-from-the-village/#respond Sat, 16 Dec 2023 05:33:09 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=5778 Nim was a family man. Like many poor farmers in the villages of rural Thailand he held strong beliefs. All he lived for were his wife, daughters, nephews and any other member of the extended family. Not a wealthy man and one who was blighted by every farming venture he tried turning to dust in […]

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]]> https://www.grahamlawrence.net/family-a-story-by-graham-lawrence-from-tales-from-the-village/feed/ 0 5778 Moving Again https://www.grahamlawrence.net/moving/ Sat, 03 Dec 2016 07:15:13 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=330 Yes its that time for moving again. I have to move branches for work. From Korat to Bang Saen is not too far and Bang Saen is a town well known to me and my family as are the staff at work. So this time it should be a relatively easy move. However, working abroad […]

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]]> 330 Balance https://www.grahamlawrence.net/balance/ Fri, 03 Jun 2016 09:55:27 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=320 This short post on balance in life, really started as a seed in my mind a few years back after reading the palliative nurse’s article on regrets people have when dying.  Every man the palliative nurse worked with regretted working too hard. That is stunning and it gets you thinking. What are the most important […]

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]]> 320 Christmas Thoughts 2015 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/christmas-thoughts-2015/ Sat, 26 Dec 2015 03:54:59 +0000 https://www.grahamlawrence.net/?p=280 Well it is now Boxing Day, so the family festivities and overindulgence is over. That just leaves the traditional lazy day. And the wait for the Premier League football. That comes at evening time here in Thailand. That first means spending a few minutes on fine-tuning the fantasy football team. With breakfast out of the way, […]

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