A touchy subject this one. I've had a few close friends pass away and back in 2020 was probably one of the most shocking but last year we lost an old school friend. I only saw him once in the 50 years as he'd emigrated to Canada and it was pretty shocking that he died quite suddenly after being diagnosed with cancer.
It suddenly occurred to me that our little group of friends have been together since school days so we've known each other for 55+ years some longer. Here's the thing, last year two of of them had quite major surgery, heart surgery as well as hip replacement and a shoulder operation. Another had DVT and couldn't fly away on holiday. Of course I'm a Bladder Cancer survivor and here we are still all together but it was a bit strange that my mind should think of this today. How would we feel if one of us were to depart this mortal realm now or soon? It would hit home at our mortality I think.
I lost a friend when I was in my early 20s. I'm surprisingly back in touch with is widow who lives in NZ now after all these years. She and I were great mates when we were just starting out in business life and we used to meet up in London at her digs or in the local for a few beers. A lovely girl/lady and it was platonic although, she had a lovely smile and personality but we were just friends. He husband (this is a few years later) had a congenital heart condition and went off to play Squash one evening and that was it. I think we were 23 or 24 then. That was absolutely shocking to us all. OF course you get over it but I think when one of us goes it will be a big shock and we will all be thinking about our own mortality.
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