Monday 14 April 2008
Monday 31 March 2008
'Too much, too young'
2008 - so my friend died all those years ago and I miss her still.
I have written this blog for her, to record her life in the way I remember it.
I looked up her children on the 'friends reunited' website. I didn't try to contact them, I just read what they were up to. They are men now; have left home, have got on with their lives.
I wonder how they remember their mother. I hope they don't judge her harshly. She was just so young when she married.
'Too much, too young'
I have written this blog for her, to record her life in the way I remember it.
I looked up her children on the 'friends reunited' website. I didn't try to contact them, I just read what they were up to. They are men now; have left home, have got on with their lives.
I wonder how they remember their mother. I hope they don't judge her harshly. She was just so young when she married.
'Too much, too young'
Blog Digression
Cornwall Travelog- next to Trebah Garden is Glendurgan Garden.
It is a long time since I have been there but I recall that its gardens, like Trebah, also roll down to a beach on the Helford River.
In the garden is a maze for the children to enjoy.
Glendurgan is one of several gardens run by the National Trust in Cornwall. I think I have been to most of them and they are all worth a visit.
When visiting National Trust gardens don't forget to visit their tearooms - the National Trust do sell such nice cakes!
It is a long time since I have been there but I recall that its gardens, like Trebah, also roll down to a beach on the Helford River.
In the garden is a maze for the children to enjoy.
Glendurgan is one of several gardens run by the National Trust in Cornwall. I think I have been to most of them and they are all worth a visit.
When visiting National Trust gardens don't forget to visit their tearooms - the National Trust do sell such nice cakes!
'Too much, too young'
June 1996 - after the funeral we all went back to Elaine and Paul's house.
The main thing I remember about it was that it seemed full of children - children belonging to friends and family, Paul's children and, not that I was able to recognize them as I hadn't seen them for years, Elaine's children.
Their father was there somewhere. I wonder what he made of it all. The man who had never forgiven his young wife for falling in love with someone else and leaving him to his anger and bitterness.
I wonder if he has forgiven her now, in 2008. I wonder.
The main thing I remember about it was that it seemed full of children - children belonging to friends and family, Paul's children and, not that I was able to recognize them as I hadn't seen them for years, Elaine's children.
Their father was there somewhere. I wonder what he made of it all. The man who had never forgiven his young wife for falling in love with someone else and leaving him to his anger and bitterness.
I wonder if he has forgiven her now, in 2008. I wonder.
Blog Digression
Cornwall Travelog - opposite the Lizard Peninsula, near the village of Mawnan Smith, are the lovely gardens of Trebah.
The garden rolls down a valley and onto a beach. At end of the garden is a tribute to the American soldiers who left from this beach to fight on the beaches at Omaha on D-Day. There is more information about what happened to them on signs attached to the small building on the beach.
It was Omaha beach where the film 'Saving Private Ryan' was set. The American soldiers suffered terrible casualties; the enemy had been waiting for them.
It must have been strange - disembarking from such a beautiful spot as Trebah and ending up in the hell-hole of destruction which was Omaha beach.
Strange and very sad.
The garden rolls down a valley and onto a beach. At end of the garden is a tribute to the American soldiers who left from this beach to fight on the beaches at Omaha on D-Day. There is more information about what happened to them on signs attached to the small building on the beach.
It was Omaha beach where the film 'Saving Private Ryan' was set. The American soldiers suffered terrible casualties; the enemy had been waiting for them.
It must have been strange - disembarking from such a beautiful spot as Trebah and ending up in the hell-hole of destruction which was Omaha beach.
Strange and very sad.
'Too much. too young'
June 1996 - the funeral was on a hot summer day.
We got lost on the way to the crematorium. Round and round loads of roundabouts.
By the time we got there the place was packed. I'd never seen a funeral so overflowing with people. But, then again, I'd never been to the funeral of someone who was only 34.
I can't remember what the minister said. Lots of things.
In June 1978 my friend Elaine and I had broken away from school and started our lives out in the world. Now it was a hot June day 18 years later and she was gone.
I felt sick.
We got lost on the way to the crematorium. Round and round loads of roundabouts.
By the time we got there the place was packed. I'd never seen a funeral so overflowing with people. But, then again, I'd never been to the funeral of someone who was only 34.
I can't remember what the minister said. Lots of things.
In June 1978 my friend Elaine and I had broken away from school and started our lives out in the world. Now it was a hot June day 18 years later and she was gone.
I felt sick.
Monday 10 March 2008
Blog Digression
Cornwall Travelog - the Seal Sanctuary is on the Helford River.
It is a beautiful river. It has a little foot ferry which takes you from one side to the other; from Helford to Helford Passage.
If you are at Helford and you want the ferry you need to 'call' it. You do this by turning the sign around to the right colour so the boatman can see you from the other shore.
Don't forget!
It is a beautiful river. It has a little foot ferry which takes you from one side to the other; from Helford to Helford Passage.
If you are at Helford and you want the ferry you need to 'call' it. You do this by turning the sign around to the right colour so the boatman can see you from the other shore.
Don't forget!
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