Goodbye, Sue
Jun. 20th, 2019 10:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mzrowanV's mother died today, late in the day Australia time, in the wee hours of the morning US time. I didn't know her that well, but there's still a touch of sadness to my day. V, of course, is devastated.
A year ago today we getting on a plane to meet Sue in Italy. V and Sue had been talking about taking that trip for years...but never got around to making it happen. They'd even set a date for 2017, but Sue put it off for no clear reason. Well, I am a person who makes things happen, and this time, there would be no excuses. ;-)
And now, of course, I'm so glad I did make it happen, because one more year would have been too late. So Sue threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, saw the San Giovanni Feast Day fireworks from a rooftop bar in Florence while drinking too much champagne, got her fortune told by a gay Romani (or so he presented himself as) in the courtyard of Castello Sforzesco in Milan, and toured the Fiat and National Car Museums in Turin (one of her lifetime goals). Among lots of other moments.
I know "never put off your dreams" is a trite thing to say, but seriously, if the only thing stopping you is some vague sense that you're not ready, or that people like you don't get to do things like that...go do it. Now. Life is short, and sometimes it's even shorter than we thought.
A year ago today we getting on a plane to meet Sue in Italy. V and Sue had been talking about taking that trip for years...but never got around to making it happen. They'd even set a date for 2017, but Sue put it off for no clear reason. Well, I am a person who makes things happen, and this time, there would be no excuses. ;-)
And now, of course, I'm so glad I did make it happen, because one more year would have been too late. So Sue threw a coin in the Trevi Fountain in Rome, saw the San Giovanni Feast Day fireworks from a rooftop bar in Florence while drinking too much champagne, got her fortune told by a gay Romani (or so he presented himself as) in the courtyard of Castello Sforzesco in Milan, and toured the Fiat and National Car Museums in Turin (one of her lifetime goals). Among lots of other moments.
I know "never put off your dreams" is a trite thing to say, but seriously, if the only thing stopping you is some vague sense that you're not ready, or that people like you don't get to do things like that...go do it. Now. Life is short, and sometimes it's even shorter than we thought.
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Date: 2019-06-20 09:20 pm (UTC)~Mike
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Date: 2019-06-20 10:49 pm (UTC)