I have missed blogging. I have also missed being able to go back and read about the things that have filled my days - the memories Kristian and I have created together, the memories we have created together as a family and I have also missed a place to be able to just write down my thoughts on things. So here I go again...... starting with things that happened in March.
At the start of March Sara and Christian came for a visit - in fact they came twice. The first weekend was to attend a special event. All the grandchildren had planned a day out with Kristian´s mum. So Sara and Christian came over to be a part of that.
The day started with brunch, then a visit to Granddad Rasmussen´s grave with some flowers. Then it was of to the Zoo.
Sara and her cousin Sigrid
All the grandkids and Kristian´s mum. Group hug!
It was then home to one of the grandkids apartment to make dinner and just hang out and be cosy.
Sara and Emma making pizzas. Andrew having fun playing table tennis...
They had a great day together.
The weekend after this Sara and Christian were over here again, this time they had Sara´s friend Louisa with them. Sara and Louisa were going to a Backstreet boys concert in Copenhagen on the Saturday evening and so they came to spend the weekend together in Copenhagen. While the girls had fun shopping and seeing the sights of the city. Christian hung out here at home with Kristian and me. It was a lovely weekend.
That weekend my old lady friend was not doing so well so I went to visit her. She was really feeling poorly and had not been out of bed in two days. Monday 17th March the old peoples home rang me at work to say that she was being admitted to hospital. I went after work to see her but there was no contact with her. I stayed with her till early evening. I then headed home but told the hospital to contact me, even in the middle of the night, if they thought she wouldn´t make it.
The pictures above and below are from Christmas Eve. We bought her a coffee machine that made cappuccino or hot chocolate. She was over the moon!
Just after 10pm on the Monday evening the phone rang and it was the hospital. She had passed away peacefully in her sleep. I was so sad. I had known her for nearly 11 years. I had visited her every Tuesday for the last 6-7 years and we always celebrated her Birthday and Christmas together. I felt the lost. Just the week before we had sat and talked, laughed and ate cream buns together. She had cancer, so in a way it was good that she went quickly without suffering too much. She passed away on St Patricks day.
The next week before the funeral was very emotional for me. I was fine one minute and crying the next. We held a lovely funeral service for her and after the service Kristian´s mum came to visit. I bought one of Gerda´s (my old lady friend) favourite cakes and we ate that, drank coffee and Krisitan and I shared stories with his mum about her. We ended it by going a walk. I miss her. It is so strange not going to see her on a Tuesday.
Near the end of March I had a date night with my crazy friend Anne. We went out for dinner at our favourite Italian restaurant where the waiter sang to us every time he came to serve us some food! Such fun! We talked for 8 hours solid without stopping!!! We always have sooo much to talk about. I am so blessed to have so many great friends in my life. Anne is one of them.
My other friend Laura had a birthday at the end of March. I was invited to a girly lunch along with a few of her other friends. We had a great afternoon celebrating her. Lots of chatter and laughter.
So that was March!! Where has the time gone?! I will save April for another evening and then hopefully update from week to week or day to day.:-)
1 comment:
Good to see you back in action Mrs R! Lovely photos..
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