For Sylvia who passed away January 2013. She would have been 82 on Boxing Day and so December has been the beginning of a year of firsts
I have been putting off writing this for days, weeks even as every time I think about it I find myself getting tearful. Yet I need to do it. While I can.
Last year I made a major decision to go travelling. I have wanted to visit New Zealand for longer than I can remember. I had an old uni friend in Melbourne who I wanted to visit and wanted to see some kangaroos and koalas and Sydney Harbour. My husband has always wanted to visit California and drive the Big Sur and slowly we built abucket list round the world itinerary.
And we knew we had to do it sooner than later as we both had 79 year old moms who had had a few health scares. It was agreed that our children would update their grandmothers on our progress as we intended only to keep in touch on line. No phone calls…
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