my generation - or, another one bites the dust...

what a lovely day i had monday... caught up with larry the librarian and got to meet his little adopted girl lottie who came for the visit too... she is a real sweetie and will be a wonderful, loyal companion... of course i didn't answer the phone when it rang - hey, i had visitors and as they weren't staying long i did the courteous thing and let the phone go to message bank - i also wasn't ready to deal with an emergency should there have been one!!!

eventually i checked the messages... my mother had rung - there'd been another death in the (extended) family - yet another from 'my generation'...

you have to wonder how much grief a person can cope with - how resilient we are... my dear childhood friend jennie has had such a hard couple of years... her mother (aunty al) died on the 18th december, 2008 - then her beautiful elderly canine companion cara died 12 months ago - on top of that benji, another furry friend and companion, died only 4 weeks ago... and just yesterday her only sibling - her brother jeff - died at 52 years of age... i'm thinking of you jen - your pain was palpable last night when we spoke...

jeff contracted an infection in hospital so, of course, they opted for antibiotic treatment - you'd think he was in the right place, being in hospital already (but not for anything life-threatening!)... not so - unfortunately they couldn't get the drip into his arm on the first try, so they then attempted to insert it into the other arm - they bungled that one too, with a 'clot' quickly developing - he was dead within 10 minutes... so very, very sad... goodbye jeff...

death leaves a heartache no one can heal,
love leaves a memory no one can steal ~ the quote garden