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Let's hear it for Yia Yia's

11/18/2013

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When my first Grandchild was born, I was asked ' what do you want to be called' - It didn't take much thought to say I want to be Yia Yia - it's easy for small children to say, my Grandchildren are likely to see me in Cyprus, where nearly everybody has a Yia Yia, and the term here has so much richness and meaning. - True enough - my Grandchildren said Yia Yia within their baby babble - so it proves to be - Like Dada and Mama - one of those very early,  accidental achievements. I will always remember the first time my Grand Daughter said the word with meaning - brought a positive glow to the heart!

Basically, everybody knows a Yia Yia ( pronounced ya yaaa, with an accented second 'Yia'.) 

Often here in Cyprus Yia Yia's are conspicuous by their uniform of black headscarf and clothes - ( when widowed) but not always - there are trendy young Yia Yia's coming along, - however the definition of the term, here at least, still applies ' -Yia Yia - a person who with old-school values that is hard core about respect and doing things the way they have always been done, especially with food, like a Greek grandmother.'

I was recently in the Paphos general hospital, visiting a patient. The elderly lady in the next bed had a Philipino helper, who referred to the lady as Yia Yia - this provoked thought - Yia Yia is as much a title / status as it is a term of endearment. If your'e a certain age, or a Grandmother, your'e everybody's Yia Yia. !!!! RESPECT ! It appears at a certain age - you need never to have had children to be a Yia Yia.

The Yia Yia ranks have so much to offer the younger generation, and often relationships between the elderly and the young are exceedingly strong. ( You can tell your Yia Yia things you wouldn't tell your parents)

Yia Yia's still know how to make cakes, lace, embroidery, and can produce a feast at the drop of a hat.

As a ' younger' ( dare I say it) 21st century Yia Yia, living 2000 miles away from my Grandchildren I rely on Cyber - Space to sustain relationships. I can only hope to aspire in some way to the values and richness of the older generation of my group, especially as I see them so respected and indeed revered here in Cyprus.

We simply MUST ensure that we don't 'dum down' the importance of Yia Yias, and loose the skills which they bring to the much younger generation.

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oh dear !!! another blonde senior moment!!

11/12/2013

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oh dear oh dear - as always one's embarrassing moments are sometimes realised after the event !!!!!

I had an important meeting this week in Kouklia - of course as always the professional !!!! - but being of the senior generation, - somewhat forgetful also!!
So there I was, fumbling in my handbag for spectacles, to read and discuss a document - no luck!!! 
I believed that the feeling of some pressure on my head was caused by my SUNGLASSES ONLY- as usual in this sunny climate , so abandoned the search and held the document some two feet away, squinted and tried to focus! - got by - just.

So I realised on return to my car, on reaching to slide down my sunglasses that I was in fact also wearing , not one but TWO !!! pairs of reading glasses ! 
I can only imagine that the person I was meeting with was too respectful and polite to point this out - akin to cabbage on the teeth, or the moment when you ' squeak' on a chair and it sounds like you've passed wind!
Note to self - when I am looking for sight - check the top of the head first !



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