Good News and Bad

The holidays have been bitter sweet. The good news is that it kicked off early on December 12^th with a visit from my other granddaughter and family. Nearly a year since I’ve seen them and the great grandies are growing away. This is my son with two of his grandchildren.

 Here is the middle one with her Aunt and me. And can you see Jade trying to be left out?

Christmas Day was blissful with the immediate family.

In the week that followed we met up with some new friends for  a perfect dog walk.

On New Year’s Eve we drove to Sussex to see my a former sister-in-law  and were treated to a great home made meal by her good friend.

The bitter element almost overshadowed all that. At the end of Christmas Day I learnt that a good friend’s lovely husband, who had been rather unwell for a couple of weeks, had been rushed into hospital in the early hours of the morning and diagnosed with severe, aggressive leukaemia. He only lingered a week – the chemo didn’t work – and he died at about 6 pm on New Year’s Eve. A couple of hours later we brought home his distraught bride of five months who was also exhausted after her bedside vigil. She stayed with us all through New Year’s Day and that night, and was collected by family this morning.

She and I became friends at college nearly forty years ago and have kept in touch ever since, becoming closer now that we live only a few miles apart. She lost another husband 10 years ago when living overseas. I was delighted when she met this new man and married him a year later, just last August. They were perfect for each other, and now she will be alone again after such a terrible shock. It is so cruel and sad.

Is it Funny?

I got this by email, and it was meant to make me laugh. I wasn't sure whether to laugh or cry.
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Wrong Email Address...

A lesson to be learned from typing the wrong E-mail address:

A Minneapolis couple decided to go to Florida to thaw out during a
particularly icy winter. They planned to stay at the same hotel where
they spent their honeymoon 20 years before.

Because of their hectic schedules, it was difficult to coordinate their
travel schedules. So, the husband left Minneapolis and flew to Florida
on Friday, and his wife was flying down the following day.

The husband checked into the hotel, and unlike years ago, there was a
computer in his room, and he decided to send an email to his wife.

However, he accidentally left out one letter in her E-mail address, and
without noticing his error, sent the email to the wrong address.

Meanwhile, somewhere in Houston .. a widow had just returned home from
her husband's funeral. He was a minister who was called home to glory
after suffering a heart attack.

The widow decided to check her E-mail, expecting messages from relatives
and friends. After reading the first message, she screamed and then
fainted. The widow's son rushed into the room, found his mother on the
floor, and then glanced up and saw the computer screen which read:


To: My Loving Wife
Date: Friday, October 13, 2005
Subject: I have arrived!

Dearest Love:

I know you are surprised to hear from me. They have computers here now,
and you are allowed to send E-mail to your loved ones. I have just
arrived and have been checked in. I see that everything has been
prepared for your arrival tomorrow, and look forward to seeing you then.


Hope your journey is as uneventful as mine was.


PS . It sure is freakin' hot down here!