Half way to or local park lives an old lady called Anne I have no idea what her last name is I always say hello she always speaks to me when she sees me we have the occasional chat when she is not busy, Anne is not a young lady she is probably the oldest person that I know but she is fiercely independent she works her allotment every day and not only do I see her most mornings but also most afternoons when I am again walking Harry usually when she is on her 4 wheeled mobility scooter with her two little dogs in a tray under her feet. I don't know much more about her apart from her strong accent which she admits hails from her ancestry she is South African. I spoke to her 4 days ago but yesterday morning on my walk I noticed a council property maintenance van outside her house, they were emptying it I asked the question that I already knew the answer to? she died two days precious, I got very emotional I wish I had gotten to know her better and of course I am going to miss her greatly she had become part of my weekly it not daily routine, RIP Anne I shed a tear for you and I will miss you.
Even though we have had good news about the house sale Lorni is still in a state bless her and at times I feel so bloody useless as there is nothing much I can do to help as regards the pain she is in, recently she hasn't been able to sleep because of some bug bites on her back or maybe it was shingles but it has dragged her down a bit so today after breakfast I sent back to bed for a rest, the day before yesterday Beth bough her some flowers,
Flowers always cheers Lorni up, this wonderful human being not only saved my life around 13 years ago but she has put up with with my bad habits and my spending problems and she is still there I love Lorni to bits even when she is screaming at me as she is no longer taking her Lithium which was prescribed for her when Beth was born for severe post natal depression, by not taking lithium Lorni is able to lose weight but the downside to it is she has yet to be able to control the emotions that used to be kept in check by the lithium, but she will get there. Also had a long chat with my ex last night after a text which she sent me informing me that an ex boyfriend of her sister Gill had suddenly passed away while in America. I get the feeling that life hasn't been too kind to Helen I really think she is lonely and frightened of the future I do hope she finds someone to share her life with and to take away so many demons that she has bottled up. One f the things we talked about was my daughter not picking the phone up when I ring her, Helen then came out with,well you do keep people on the phone for 40 minutes or more, hmm now this is not true I hardly ever chat to my kids for more than ten minutes so I was a little taken aback by this if not a little upset and even angry so thinking about it I phone KT three times a week and she is always on her way somewhere or doing something so I never get to chat to her for long, I hear from Philip maybe once a month and Danny hardly ever, Stave phones me at least once a day LOL so I am going to conduct an experiment I am not going to phone any of the kids at all and lets see how long it takes for them to phone me!
In the meantime I have got my fingers crossed that this time the house sale goes through with no more hiccups or problems as I don' think either Lorni or myself can take much more of this LOL, oh before I forget Beth's dad, yes him sent her a card three days late, that just about sums him up as a father doesn't it?
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