Of friends & plans

I’m coming to the conclusion the time has come to get out our Christmas cards. They seem to be arriving with us of late. We’re already on the third card.

With some cards I enclose letters, just brief ones. Today’s card came with a letter. This is a couple we met on our holiday in Molveno Italy several years ago. It’s always good to hear from them, even though they are finding life reducing as they grow older & more rickety. However, they have a relish for life which won’t be stopped even though one of them at least is now using a mobility scooter now. They’re both well into their 70s now.

My thoughts had already been mooting what I would put in my letter. Above all it will be telling the gladsome news that my latest mammogram is showing the all clear. I feel this year has been dominated by my ill-health & its impact on both of us. It’s good to think we can look forward to 2018 as hopefully being a better year.

We’re already getting ideas for travels next year. We’re contemplating either Brittany or Alsace May/June time & Lake Garda in the autumn. We had hoped to get off to Provence early in the new year but the hotels we’ve tried have all been closed until March & Easter. We have to be here in April – my next dose of chemo. We reckon by the time things we’ve sorted out all the details of the holiday & access itwould be too late before, & we’re not sure if we wouldn’t prefer to explore a totally new area after, April.

It’s just good to feel we can start to make plans, to dream a little, with a realistic expectancy of being able to put them into action.