You may have noticed that I have been absent from my blog and your blogs.
I had an opportunity last week to make a quick trip across the ditch (Tasman Sea) to visit my very elderly, very frail parents in Cairns, Australia. I hadn’t seen them in six years, so a visit was long overdue. I was also able to spend a short time with my daughter in Cairns.
It was a good, but tiring, visit. I will make my way back to blogging slowly over the next few days.
Cairns is beautiful. The weather was perfect. The birdsong was a joy as were my nightly conversations with a gecko. My daughter gave me a wonderful shoulder/head massage. And there were many hugs with family. 🙂 Saying goodbye to everyone was hard.
Curlews outside my sister’s home in Cairns
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So pleased you had a happy holiday. Family is more important than the blog.
Thank you Mary. I do wish I could spend more time with them.
Thinking of you and your family! Glad you got to see them, even though the goodbyes were hard. I relate completely to hard goodbyes. Feel like I have been saying them my whole life. Being part of a widely-spread family and moving so much is really a gift/curse scenario at times ((hugs))
Exactly so; a gift and a curse. I try not to dwell on the goodbyes but they are always there, lurking in the background. Hugs back to you.