Julie would have been 53 today.
It should have been the 36th time I was to say Happy Birthday Darling.
To take my mind off the day I spent the weekend with my sister and her Partner in a cottage in Wales. My mind was diverted and the day has passed without major trauma.
Leon collected Julie's mum and took 5kg of ashes to spread over her fathers grave. Mum is now happy that Julie is at rest on Holy ground and in a place that she can visit.
I am a little dissapointed in myself that I don't feel bad.
But I still feel empty.
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