Life

I've just booked a train for a quick trip to Manchester......unfortunately not to see the Christmas markets , I received some heart breaking news this weekend, my Adopted Godfather passed away after a long battle with the C word!
I say adopted because 2 out of the 3 Godparents I was blessed with as a baby unfortunately , being older, died when I was fairly young, so I took it upon myself to adopt Aunty Sue and Uncle Roy as my Godparents..to help my awesome Godmummy aunty Jayne ( she needed all the help she could get having me !!)
Aunty Sue and Uncle Roy have been part of our family since I was 9 months old...a long time and I expect mum and dad would say are one of their best friends. The type of friends where you can go years without seeing each other but when you get together it's like you've never been apart ....I'm blessed to have friends like this too ...the joy of the job and having to move around a lot!

Today I had a funeral to take and for the second time Only I had to take a deep breathe as my own grief suddenly felt very real. Someone said today at our drop in group that I must have a hard skin to cope with so much suffering in my job, really I actually don't, I can be a sensitive little soul at times and every occasion you are faced with death the reality of it still hits home.

So as we get engrossed in Advent and Christmas preperations im mindful even more of those for whom this season will be very very difficult . Life is precious....taste the rainbows, dance in the rain, show those you love just how much and take every opportunity you can.