Devastated in the evening after a life-affirming day.

[helenkacan]

Why'd it have to be today? Being off the computer for much of the afternoon, it was hours before I checked email, FB and Messenger. There were plenty of the aforementioned as I found out that my special Mum Ruby had departed from this plane of existence today. I'll never hear her call me "daughter" again (that meant the world to me).

And here I'd been having an amazing day. The cats were all present and I didn't have to hunt them: two of them had been sleeping on either side of me as I waited for my meals delivery. Then, mid afternoon, I opened my "Come From Away" CD and played it (just a little loudly), mouthing the words when I knew them and just celebrating life and hope and generosity.

I guess the weather was also contributing to the theme of wildly fluctuating conditions, from the heavy, sustained rain in the morning, to afternoon sunshine, and back to a quickly moving storm over the dinner hour. No wonder my face aches.

Anyway, I guess I'd better get ready for bed and rest my eyes for tomorrow's activities. Goodnight, Mum; I'll see you in my dreams.