THE CIRCLE OF LIFE

ONE DIES.  ANOTHER IS BORN.  

YESTERDAY , MY BELOVED UNCLE PETER IN ENGLAND DIED IN HIS SLEEP.  I THINK HE WAS 94. 

I HAD THE BLESSING OF MEETING PETER MANY YEARS AGO WHEN WE ARRANGED A TRIP TO VISIT OUR RELATIVES ON MY FATHER’S SIDE . PETER AND HIS WONDERFUL WIFE, MY AUNTIE JEAN, LIVED IN ESSEX . PETER DROVE LIKE A ‘BAT OUTTA HELL’ BUT HE TOOK US TO SEE MANY HISTORIC SITES AND BOTH OF THEM LOVED TO STOP AT 4 PM FOR THEIR ‘TEA AND BICKIES ‘ . 

OH, HOW I WILL MISS THIS GENTLE MAN.  ONE OF ALL OF OUR FAVOURITE PLACES IN THE WORLD IS CALLED ‘ THE BRICK WALL’ .  YOU WILL NEVER EXPERIENCE ANY SERVICE THAT RIVALS THE QUALITY EXPERIENCED IF YOU STAY AT THIS B & B / RESTAURANT. WE EVEN TOOK OUR CHILDREN HERE WHEN THEY WERE TEENS AND THEY CERTAINLY AGREE . “ ONE DRESSES FOR DINNER” .  WE HAD SO MANY LAUGHS WITH UNCLE PETER AND AUNTIE JEAN.  I HAVE ALWAYS FELT I HAD A SPECIAL KINSHIP WITH MY AUNTIE AND IT SADDENS ME TO KNOW THAT SHE MIGHT NEVER KNOW THAT HER DEAR PETER HAS LEFT HER AS SHE ” LEFT ” HIM/US FIRST AS SHE HAS DEMENTIA NOW. 

MY COUSINS JACKIE AND DEN HAD BEEN TAKING GREAT CARE OF THEIR FATHER AND AT THE END I GUESS HE WAS VERY FRAIL TO THE POINT OF NEEDING TO BE FED. SO I SUPPOSE THAT IT WAS TIME.  A BLESSING SOME WOULD SAY.

I FOUND OUT THE NEWS OF HIS PASSING TODAY. 

TODAY I ALSO FOUND OUT THAT MY 5TH GRANDSON HAS BEEN DELIVERED TO OUR SON, JARED AND HIS WIFE , SERVANE.  WE HEAR ALL ARE WELL AND I AM SO EXCITED TO MEET OUR NEW LITTLE BOY. ( waiting on the name ) 

THE CIRCLE OF LIFE .  BEAUTIFUL.