Sunday, June 12, 2011

Life and death


The last 10 days have been tough at JP HQ as a close family member died. This is a boating blog - at least in theory - and not a confessional, so that's as much as I feel like posting.

But life must go on and its not all grim as another close family member got a gong which we are all very pleased and proud about.

7 comments:

Tillerman said...

Sorry to hear of your loss. But congratulations to your family member on the gong. I'm guessing that it is a CBE for a lady whose name is almost the same as yours?

JP said...

Yup, that's her

my2fish said...

sorry for your loss, JP.

Pat said...

Best wishes and sympathy for that first part.

O Docker said...

My wife and I have also had to deal with a few of life's turning points over the past six months and we've found such things can affect us more than we realize at first.

You may find that writing, even about unrelated matters, can be a help.

And great news about your near namesake. She seems to have been doing some remarkable work.

bonnie said...

Sorry to read the sad news. Take care of yourself.

JP said...

Thanks all.

O'Docker: I'm planning on doing the odd post as its helpful to have other stuff to think about - though tonight's post might not be the best of topics.