A Continuation of Reflections

      Darling John....I was about to write to you with the latest news-when I got an email from Lara to say hoe much she enjoyed reading my last email- telling her what I was about to tell you...so below is a chunk of that email....for you....................... "Quite a lot has happened lately, I have been to Scotland twice this summer ,once to Banavie near Fort William with my sisters, then to Glasgow Edinburgh and Argyll with Andrew and Lucy. Both trips were wonderful in various ways,and I think if I every won the lottery, I might move back, firstly because it is such a beautiful country, and secondly, all my family are there, still ,I am lucky my four brothers and sisters, their spouses and their children, all gorgeous and different. The most important event was when we went to Argyll and scattered some of John's ashes at the Rest and be Thankful. It was a typical August day in ...

Ode to a Nightingale BY  JOHN KEATS My heart aches, and a drowsy numbness pains          My sense, as though of hemlock I had drunk, Or emptied some dull opiate to the drains          One minute past, and Lethe-wards had sunk: 'Tis not through envy of thy happy lot,          But being too happy in thine happiness,—                 That thou, light-winged Dryad of the trees                         In some melodious plot          Of beechen green, and shadows numberless,                 Singest of summer in full-thr...

Hi darling I feel much better the last few days- all the children and being supportive about me taking you to Rest and be Thankful next week- you are no longer in Woolton you are at PPM with Andrew and Lucy it makes me so happy!Andrew collected your ashes last night and we felt you were free :-) and one thing we know about is death does set us free. Love you miss you-Helen TT xx