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I hold my breath for '30
Hands clenched up under chest
Our daily trips, the beams, the mask
And little space to rest
I dare not say ‘why us’ once more
Humbled - i've seen - i've heard
But stump, bemused – I question
How life got so absurd
were our dreams not said out loud enough
Did no one care to hear
I dare not say ‘why us’ once more
Lest a Merlin doth appear
Because why us? Why u, why him, why her
Tis not the way we planned
But thru the storm...
I am not in a very funny mood t the moment or maybe I am in a funny mood but not a humourous one. Last week my old mate Ron Wade died from lung cancer. He wa 80 last year and when he was diagnosed had five shots of radiotherapy and then decided to call it a day. He was a very keen team quiz member at the club but was probably better known for his jokes and anecdotes after the quiz that had everyone in stitches. His jokes were by and large corny, some not politically correct but his manner of delivery...
My husband bill,was in the RAF regiment during the second world war,he was in the middle east for 4 years. and when he came out,he went to university and trained to be a herdsman,and he had a lot of qulifications.he came to shepreth to work on a farm there,and met his first wife mary,they married and had 2 sons,she later died in1988,I had always known the family haveing lived in the village all my life.we started going out together after bill took my dog for walks after i had a foot operation,we...
Mum has gone with dad for the night to Winchester, he has some work to do in Adover so she thought she would go with him and just potter around doing "bits"
she said she was feeling better today, and the sickness and loose stools has passed again, so definatley food related!
I googled diet and this Nuroendocrine carcinoma watched a presentation on how and what to eat so scribbled it all down to pass onto mum, was some very interesting facts that came up! so hoping a good shake up in her...
It was mums birthday today, she looked and felt good which was nice, yesterday she was feeling a little off colur and has bad bowels so was glad to be feeling better.
My dad organised a meal out for the family, so myself and my brother and sister and thier familys allwent out for a meal. Sadly it was a chinese and mum cannot tolerate too much of the fates so waslimited to what she could have to eat but was happy her family were there to celebrate her birthday.
I made her a lovely lemon sponge cake...
I can't believe that I've not posted for such a long time. 7 months, I think.
Its now the start of August 2012, and I've had quite a quiet year so far. Spend from January to June completing my Beauty course at Bridgwater College.....and loving every minute of it, even though I was by for the oldie in the class. It's so nice to be with the young people, their enthusiasm for life and new experiences is very infectious. I'm now very busy with my own home salon under the name of Given...
My husband has deep tougne base cancer.
We were both sucesfull happy workaholics until an unwelcome visitor turned up one day. Some days we do well, it's light and happy and cancer is just a ghost in the background and I get some work done.
Otherdays the demons get him and he hooks me us as his emotional punch bag. I hate these days - he's not even in treatment yet, he starts monday but he's like a hurt animal lurking in the corner looking for someone to savage. On those days all the fun...
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