Sadness. . . . . Cont

Friday evening I went out with a crowd of friends for drinks for the first time in months and it turned out maybe I should have stayed home.

During the course of the evening I noticed one of the girls was missing, now she and her other half are always up for anything so it really was unusual that they where missing. I never really gave it much thought till I spoke to thier room mate.

Turns out they finally did it and got engaged last Saturday night after 4 years together. It's been a relationship that we have all watched grow and had known was special, even though the start was a little messy what with him being in the middle of a particularly messy divorce which cost him his son. I personally think they went to hell and back in those early days but we all knew it was just a matter of time. So of course we where all excited to hear the news. Sunday they took her parents out to lunch and did the whole ask the parents thing and then spent Sunday evening with his parents celebrating.

. . .This is of course where the universe throws the proverbial curve ball at everyone of us and shows just what a sick sense of humour it has. . .

He was killed on his way to work last Monday morning

I spent this morning watching a friend bury the man she thought she was going spend the rest of her life with and a little boy who kept asking his mother when he could see his daddy

And then people wonder why I don't want to believe in happy endings. . . . . . .