Travelling

Here I sit in a coffee shop, don't want to drive anywhere, don't want to talk to anyone, just want to enjoy my tea and pretend everything is alright, pretend that tomorrow I can call my friend and whine and complain about nothing like it is the biggest thing ever; she would listen and sypmathize and feel sorry for me because that is what friends do instead I will get up, pack my suitcase and head to be with her husband, hopefully to make things a bit easier for him (and me), to help him bury the love of his life (51 years of marriage - as of tommorrow May 13th). He is a wreck and feeling so alone right now, and I imagine he will feel that way for a while I still LOVE life and living and when someone is taken it just really makes me realize how little time I have and how much I want to do with the time I have, I want to live/love/enjoy and laugh a lot, along the way I want to touch people like I have been touched. So be good to the people that matter, you may not have the...

Sooooo here I sit at the airport again; usually I LOVE sitting at the airport because it means I am going somewhere to have a good time. I haven't written here in a very long time - and I haven't really done a lot of travelling lately; still ... This trip is sweet and so so sad; heading to Toronto to see my dear friend Georgina, she is losing her battle with cancer and my heart aches to lose yet another friend to this dreaded killer. We have had our trials and tribulations through the years and sometimes she has made me CRAZY and I LOVE her so much (I probably NEVER made her CRAZY though). She is more than my friend, she is family - you can never hand pick your blood relations, and blood doesn't mean family, my friends are and always will be my dearest family to me. It is with a heavy heart and a smirk on my face that I take this trip; I remember some of the amazing times we have spent laughing and crying together. I am so lucky that I am able to make this trip to...