A post about laughs, tears and smiles

Ten short days ago, I was writing about the passing away of aunt Alexandra, the wife of my fil's eldest brother. This week, we had two news. One, was that the late auntie's grandson and his girlfriend are expecting twins! And do you know when they found out? The day his grandma passed away! It is amazing how sadness and happiness can go hand in hand. The other piece of news was sad. The widow of the other brother of my fil passed away. She was 93 and she had already lost two of her three children, a sad fact. I am going to post about both aunties. Such stories!..

We were having an early afternoon lunch on Saturday, with C and the kids, to celebrate our wedding anniversary. We had nearly finished dessert when he told me slowly: "You know, I might need to go to Athens one of these days". I lifted my head and kept my breath. Good God. It is not that I am not sad about his aunt. But I was litterally holding my breath until he told me what that was about.

He is now in Athens. He didn't want to drive, so he took the airplane. He hadn't travelled by airplane on an internal flight for some 40 years! God willing, he will be back tomorrow evening.

I made my first phone call from my i-phone, my wedding anniversary present, as he was landing in Athens airport. I had wanted an i-phone for ages, and apparently the right time came. I have to do the work now, and upload stuff and synch it with everything, but it is worth it. The controls are so easy, really on my fingertips. Great device.

I am posting below a song that C made me listen to, last night. I think it sums up how I feel about all of this. Plus it helps me keep him closer while he is away..:(

He is usually a classical music fan which is not easy to live with most of the time, given my mood history, but he is currently going through an Elvis phase right now, which is rather fun. What a velvety voice Elvis had!..

I wish you a very blessed week.