Good morning everyone! JVH - It saddens me so much when I think of your friend and how devastating to know you have no future and only illness to deal with - I wish I could wave a magic wand - it really makes us look at our own situations and realize how very well off we are; regardless of the daily grind at times. Dame heartfelt condolonces to you! As people are still telling me (my friend suicided last year) - you cannot see the signs (my friend was always the life and soul of the party etc.) - with your friend he was obviously suffering deeply over an incident in his past (innocent until proven guilty, however a horrendous deed) - either way he paid the ultimate price. You absoloutely cannot think there was any way you could have prevented any of this - and please know that the overwhelming sense of loss and sadness will subside (and also the anger and confusion). I hope the young lady involved is able to sustain a happy life. Lots of hugs to you, Dame! Hi scatty - glad you had fun at the xmas party (sounds like a really long one!) lol! And your words (as usual) regarding sadness around this time of year were spot on - thank you! Hi bella - "Happy days" - to you - and so deserved! Hi pjbear hope you are feeling better (and yes, I used to cut my barbie's hair all the time lol!) I too, managed to leave a message through e bay for libby - hopefully we will hear from her soon. Keep up the good work travelling purple! Hi kezza hope all is well your end! How are the moving plans coming along? Have a great day everyone!

Hugs Miss and the important thing for me at the moment is to just be there for my mate........even if its to talk on the phone.....im sure that Chrissie thinks of what is lying in front of her.....so much to organise and she has already chatted about what service etc she wants........so am taking notes and putting them in a little diary with dates etc......so that when various times come all instructions will be very clear:).....thankfully she is a very organised person....and is working through the to do list. She wants all the distant rellies in Ireland to have bits and pieces so have been sorting going through the list and labelling stuff....we are getting there:)