Goodbye

Today is an odd day for me. It’s Monday which is always a disappointment when I wake up, but more than that I heard some bad news today. I fully intended to update the blog with some amusing opinions about childbirth or life here in California, but when I got in this morning I learnt that an ex-girlfriend of mine had passed away.

Vicky had been fighting cancer for the last few years, and on February 9th she lost the battle. It is a strange feeling knowing someone has died and you will never see them again. Now I am not going to pretend that Vicky and I saw each other constantly and were in touch on a regular basis, but we did keep up with each other’s news, despite the great physical distance between us. I guess we had remained on good terms because when we broke up there was no other reason that Vicky was moving to New Zealand to be a nurse out there, and I wasn’t (either New Zealand or a nurse). Vicky got married a few years later and had a daughter, which just makes the loss of her all the more tragic. And although we lived thousands of miles apart (she still lived in New Zealand and I of course reside here in California), there was still the small chance that we would meet again.

So no jokes, no witty comments (actually those never happen on here anyway), just a fond memory of someone I will not see again. I am glad to have known her and have some good memories of our time together.