A Place in the Sun

One month ago, I visited a client who was nursing her friend at home and was therefore unable to move from her house. The lady's friend was apparently seriously ill and awaiting an operation. As it was, this second lady was busy making some hand-crocheted items for a friend and I could not help but notice the precision and the patience she had in making these items. Today I visited the house again and was rather distressed to find the ill lady bedridden. Her condition seems to have worsened from the last time I saw her - or at least this appeared to be the case. I was very moved, however, to find that she had crocheted a number of items for me, simply because I commented on the beauty of her work. What was even more moving was that she did not make one item an entire set. This gesture is one of the few things that will always stay with me. This woman touched my heart with her generosity. If all people were like her, the world would be a much better place. I sincerely hope she gets

My little nephew Jacob is currently battling with a very bad virus, giving him extremely high temperatures and gastro-enteritis. My mum and sister were with him in hospital last night, and he was constantly being sick... The viruses going around appear to be quite serious ones. The poor child was apparently very pale with red circles under his eyes.... hope he gets well soon. Attaching a pic of him and me last October.

I guess we all have narrow brushes with something which could hurt us or take our life away. Mine are many in number, and this Valentine's day I experienced another. On Valentine's day four years ago, I had a very bad accident from which I escaped without so much as a scratch. This year I had the scary experience of narrowly being missed by my own car, which was being towed and escaped from the tow-truck. It slammed into a garage a few feet away, just as I was going to approach it to see if the guy needed anything (such as checking if the car was going to hit a wall). Obviously I got a considerable fright, and the garage door in question was badly damaged. Fortunately none of us were hurt, and the matter can easily be consigned to my past...