A Happy Day Then Some Sad News

We had a nice Father's Day yesterday.  Mike was pleased with his presents and it was so wonderful to be able to spend quality time with Nathan and Daniel after not being able to see them for so long.  I could not take the chance of catching any type of sniffles or bug from them whilst I was undergoing my treatment. 

We watched films of their holiday and Nathan strutting his stuff on the dance floor and playing on the arcade games.  Both boys enjoyed themselves on all the rides. Daniel is really coming on now and starting to say a lot more words.  They played with all the toys here and they both adore Leo.  So, all in all, a lovely time was had by all.

Then I logged on today to find an e-mail from Guido informing me of the passing of  journaller Jim Halliday.  Some of you will already know, some of you were readers of his journal.  He lost his original journal with all his memories somewhere in cyber space and was going to re-do it all for us. Jim was an older journaller and wrote experiences of his army life plus pieces about his family. He had a unique way with words and I know that his journal gave him so much pleasure.  His last entry was quite a sad one.  Like so many in J-Land and elsewhere, he was having a bad year.

The last time I heard from Jim was during the second or third week of my radiotherapy, he wrote to me telling me to keep my chin up, he was sure things would work out for me and giving me the support of both himself and his wife.  I am so sorry that I never answered that e-mail.   It was not that I did not care, it was simply with dragging to the hospital every day and feeling so damned tired, I was not using the computer so much, I was sleeping a lot of the time.  I will always regret that I did not answer him and I now wish so much that I had.  My heart goes out to his wife and his large family.  One of his sons is battling cancer.  I wish him the very best.

Jim was always thanking me for my help.  He said I was his "mentor".  Believe me, when it came to writing, he did not need any help from me.  But I did try to help him where I could with other problems.

If anyone would like to stop by his journal and leave their condolences, it would be a really nice gesture as I am sure his family will read the comments.  It does not matter whether you knew him or not, he was part of J-Land, he was one of us.   Here is the link:

There are no Sundays.

It is always sad to hear of  the  passing of a journaller because we are truly a community. Rest in peace Jim.

I will end on a lighter note.  Mike snapped this picture of Jack and Leo and it is so sweet.  The animals really do get on together and it is lovely to see.

Well, time to get off here.  Going to lay on the bed and try to get some air to the underneath of my breast.  I find it very boring just lying around but if it heals that is the main thing

Wishing you all a good week.

Love,