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Last Friday was my uncle’s funeral. I wasn’t able to go as I had no transport, but I heard that he had a good send off. It’s hard to believe that my aunt and uncle were in my life for so long, and now I have had to say a final goodbye to them both.

Today, I will be attending the funeral of my Sister-in-Law from my first marriage. She was a big part of my life for 15 years from when I met her brother when I was 16. She was more like a mother to my ex husband and he lived with her before we moved in together. I’ve not seen much of her since my divorce, but she did invite me and Graham to her wedding to her current husband. It’s another final goodbye.

It’s sad saying goodbye, but it’s something you have to deal with because there is only one thing in life that we can be sure of, and that is that one day we will all die.

I saw another of my Sister-in-laws the other day. This one was the ex wife of my brother and I’ve not seen her for many years. I was a bridesmaid at their wedding when I was just 6 years old, so she was a huge part of my life while I was growing up. It wasn’t until I saw her that I realised how much I missed her from my life. My brother has another wife now, they’ve been together for 30 years and she’s very special to me too, but sometimes saying goodbye to past relatives even when they are still alive can be difficult.

Sorry my post is so sad this week. I’ll be reading all your posts and hopefully they’ll make me feel happier.

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Yesterday was one of those mad days, busy from beginning to end.
It was the day that ED went to America!
Now, it’s not the first time she’s been abroad alone, she has been to visit her Dad in the South of France a few times now. It is however, the first time she’s gone so far, and the first time she’s not been met by her Dad at the other side.

The day started at 6am. The little ones were still in bed while me and Ed were rushing around getting showered and dressed. Then I switched on my phone and the notifications scrolled before me…what was that I saw…Your Flight Has Been Cancelled…WHAT!
So, on goes the laptop and Ed grabs the phone and I leave her desperately trying to sort something out while I tend to the little ones who have finally woken up. Then, just ten minutes before we catch the bus to get to train station she has something sorted, a new flight which will get her there around the same time but to a different airport. It’s ok though, she called her American friend who is meeting her (yes, at 2am, but it’s ok because she was up baking brownies) and she’s still able to meet her.

7.30am and we are on the bus into the City Centre. 8.50am and we are on the train to London. 10.30 and we are on the tube to Heathrow.

I’ve not been to Heathrow before. Yet another airport to add to my list, but I’ve still not flown on a plane. One day I will!

We had lunch together before saying Goodbye. She was getting so nervous, and I was starting to stress too, so she just went for it and after a hug she went off through security, leaving me behind. Off to fly so far away. I thought about a friend of mine who waved her son off when he was about the same age, he went to Australia to live. At least I know that Ed is coming back. I hung around for about half an hour just in case something went wrong, and then I started my journey home, tube, train, bus.

On the train I saw a plane leaving Heathrow. I don’t know if Ed was on it, but I waved anyway.

I was home in time to start cooking dinner. Lucky me. The little ones had missed me terribly even though in reality I’d not been gone long. It felt like a long time, nine hours long, and all but one and a half hours of that was spent travelling.

At bedtime the Little Man was choosing his book for his bedtime story and in he’s excitement of choosing one he decided to throw it at me. It was a hardback book. It had sharp corners. It caught me just short of my eye, tearing my skin and making it bleed. At the time I was thankful that he actually missed my eye ball. This morning I woke up looking like this!

Ouch!

Today is Valentines Day. I don’t really celebrate, it’s just another one of those days when I watch other women getting showered with gifts and cards and I try my best not to feel bitter at receiving nothing. This morning however, I was surprised to find a lovely card that my other half had made while I was sleeping. He made several heart shapes and wrote some lovely words on each one before sticking them all together. So thoughtful. I’m glad I made him a card now, although to be honest, his is much better.

I spent some time with the kids making things for our activity wall. We enjoyed doing word searching and making up a poem using the letters V.A.L.E.N.T.I.N.E and then glued some cut out pieces of magazines onto cardboard heart shapes. They had lots of fun, and now we have a pretty wall. Big thanks to Twinkl for the inspiration and resources.

Happy Valentines Day xx

Word of the Week #22 2019

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Cancellations, Goodbyes, and Black Eyes

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