Last of my Grandparents, “Granny Smith”; my Grandma - was found dead this weekend.  She’d had heart troubles recently, and since moving down to Wales it’s possible she had become a little isolated.  It’s completley sudden, and none of us quite know what to do or say.

So close to losing Aunty Mary too…they say often deaths in the family happen in near succession.  One way of looking at this is, that my trip to New Zealand will begin on a low note, so the only way is up. 

Once I know the funeral arrangments I’ll travel down to Tenby, South Wales, book into a Travelodge and gather with the rest of the family.  It will be a time when many of us meet again for the first time in over 20 years! 

Life doesn’t half throw complicated curve-balls every now and again!!