People at church are asking about my mum.

They ask to know how my mum is - why she is not a church.

I say she is in Nigeria.

Oh okay. The conversation should end there.

Some people I think so genuinely want to know how I manage, I think. And that is fine really.

This one lady said today, 'they will be fine. They have their dad to look after them.'

And this one lady pulled an incredulous face which really offended me on my dad's behalf.

As if to say, that man cannot even look after himself. How can he look after children?

They see him in church and see that he has difficulty walking and think that he is senile.
Which really does annoy me.

My dad really does try. Does all the ironing in the house. Takes my sister school and he does some shopping. Yes, the majority, at the end of the day is left to me.

 However, that is not to say that my dad is not capable of looking after his children.