Aweel, God has not willed that it should be sae.

Mrs.Lauder and I canna have the grandchildren we'd dreamed aboot to play at our knees.
But we've one another still, and there's muckle tae be thankfu' for.
One thing I liked fine aboot living in London as I did.

I got to know my boy better than I could ha' done had we stayed at hame ayant the Tweed.

I could sleep hame almost every nicht, and I'd get up early enough i' the morning to spend some time wi' him.

He was at school a great deal, but he was always glad tae see his dad.