I came home last night and as usual, flicked on the TV and tuned in to Sky News to watch the headlines. Breaking news was announcing the news that there had both been an enormous bomb exploded in Oslo, but also someone had gone on a shooting rampage on a tourist Island. My immediate thoughts were of course with my dear friend from Disney, Christine, who worked in Oslo. It's not a huge city and your fear of horror happening to a close friend is too much to bare. Thankfully Facebook meant that were all able to see that she had posted that she was safe and well, though she was there when it happened.
So we give thanks that she is fine and well and our thoughts and prayers are with the Norweigian people.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Thursday, July 21, 2011
Event's that change everything
Amazing how things can change in just a matter of hours. While we have known for months that Dusan's mother was trying to fight cancer, the warning that she had taken a turn for the worse only came on Thursday morning. Poor Dusan was on his way to work when his sister called and said that she had taken a turn for the worse. He didn't know what to do. He was about 15 minutes away from being due to start work and was almost outside work when the call came. He called me asking, what do I do?
I suggested he talk to his manager and ask to be let to go on Compasionate leave and book the next possible flight. His work let him go home immediately and he started to look at flight options.
Flying out the following morning, sadly she lost her fight the day he arrived. I never even had a chance to meet her and yet at the same time, through him, I feel I have known her. I didn't expect to hear from him straight away but it wasn't till Sunday he called to say it was all over. I presumed he meant her fight with Cancer, but he really meant, the whole event. They had managed to organise the funeral for the following day. Who would have thought that even possible in this country. By the time he called on Sunday everything really was over.
His been keeping busy ever since. His whole family visiting the family home and ensuring he and his sister are not left alone for too long. Its usually like this when he goes to visit, so I can only imagine what it's like right now.
Meanwhile, I miss him, but totally understand he belongs there for now and will love and support him through anything. When you think about all that we went through to be together again and the struggle with immigration, a few weeks apart is not a major problem. But as my dear friend Pamela in Salt Lake City taught me. No distance in time or space can ever lessen the love of two that are sealed at the heart!
Keep well babycakes and travel home safely.
All my love, always,
Your Neil xxxx
I suggested he talk to his manager and ask to be let to go on Compasionate leave and book the next possible flight. His work let him go home immediately and he started to look at flight options.
Flying out the following morning, sadly she lost her fight the day he arrived. I never even had a chance to meet her and yet at the same time, through him, I feel I have known her. I didn't expect to hear from him straight away but it wasn't till Sunday he called to say it was all over. I presumed he meant her fight with Cancer, but he really meant, the whole event. They had managed to organise the funeral for the following day. Who would have thought that even possible in this country. By the time he called on Sunday everything really was over.
His been keeping busy ever since. His whole family visiting the family home and ensuring he and his sister are not left alone for too long. Its usually like this when he goes to visit, so I can only imagine what it's like right now.
Meanwhile, I miss him, but totally understand he belongs there for now and will love and support him through anything. When you think about all that we went through to be together again and the struggle with immigration, a few weeks apart is not a major problem. But as my dear friend Pamela in Salt Lake City taught me. No distance in time or space can ever lessen the love of two that are sealed at the heart!
Keep well babycakes and travel home safely.
All my love, always,
Your Neil xxxx
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