I'm SO happy today because I've had first hugs since 16 months ago from lovely friends, my "English" plants arrived from Northern France and safely, I'm going out after lunch in the garden with its wonderful perfumed plants, dazzling blue skies and 30 degrees of sun, on a hunt for trellis and I'm in such a good mood as I wait for the arrival of a Swiss friend for her first visit in a year to her home here. So happy I don't even waste anger on the cost of a tin of Hammerite for a wonderful cast iron screen for the clematis - £17 in the UK/€70 euros here!!!!!!!
She 'phones, I'm so pleased to know she's arrived safely while our lovely friend ( her H) is still trapped in Canada.
Before I offer a visit here, an apéro perhaps to catch up maybe tomorrow evening, she tells me that he is dead. Died in his sleep in Canada and their Son phoned from Switzerland early this morning to tell her that.
We are all in bits. Life can change just like that, happy feelings are often so transient, we MUST hang on to them and be able to take them out when we are in desperate need in desperate times. Find the fun, find the laughs, find good company, find the absurdity where we can, to bolster us against life suddenly and sadly changing forever. Enjoy every moment of what makes you happy, dear Grans.