Have just spent the best part of an hour composing a sorry tale only to lose the internet connection and hence the entire message! But ****, gonna write it again (therapy?) Very sad story, what a waste of a young life. Know the perils of The Severn, lived in a flat in an old mill on the bank in Bridgenorth. Have attended too many funerals in the last (less than) year. My (lovely, wonderful so kind and caring) Aunt Mary was not in the first flush of youth, but it was not age, even after chemo it was the return of cancer that took her. Uncle Joe was diabetic, and the associated problems made his life a misery and eventually killed him. My mate Jinx's dad, Phil, whom I had known for ever, died at 62. Jinx did say though that 'he lived the life of a rockstar' so at least he had a good time! Then there is my ex's neice Katie Jane, a lovely young woman, who battled cancer, endured chemotherapy only for the cancer to return . She just made her 29th birthday. Stumpy (Steve), my mate from knee high and a year older than me at 44, was an aviation photographer, so obviously a job with risks. Killed in a plane crash at Sebring, Florida earlier this year. Left a wife, son and daughter. Saw an old school mate earlier (yesterday now!) who passed on the news that another school friend had died. Apparently Paul had heart trouble and cancer. There have been other losses, but all these have been in less than a year, hearing about Pauls passing has been yet another slap in the chops! All the way through this, I have had the worry of someone very close enduring bowel cancer. It was non-lymphatic, and they say that along with the tumor, it has gone. I am not religious, but pray they are right, I do not want to lose someone so precious to me and others. And she is only just 37. Sorry to ramble on, perhaps not in the right place either, but what else do you do when you can't sleep and/because something touches a nerve?!
Oh, and to be a little less morbid, as a friend said,
'Make the most of every day, you are here for a good time, not a long time!'
Wise words indeed....Roll on Thursday, me and my boy heading for EBI3!!!! WOOHOO!!!!!
