They are AHEAD of us already...

We went to our local Centrelink office yesterday before going on our weekly shopping tour, to lay the groundwork for an Enduring Power of Attorney in case we get knocked out together by a falling tree.

With the necessary Statement of Income and Assets completed, we went to the local Coles store. While Bianca shopped for what seemed to me hours, I sat on a bench inside the cool store to wait for her.

A little girl of about three or four was already seated on that bench, and without ado she started to address me with words like these: It is my birthday today, and because it is my birthday I wish to ask that I be buried in stacks of carton...

I did not have time to ask her if this was for environmental reasons when her mother called her to join her on the way out, and made an apologising gesture toward me.

When Bianca came out with her trolley, I related the unusual occurrence, and she commented: They are truly ahead of us already...