SHE was in Spain staying with friends. One of their daughters was getting married in the afternoon of February 14th, so no one was surprised to see the Postman coming to deliver a telegram.
But, sadly, it was not for the bride nor her parents.
It was for HER, from Constance, to say that Hugo had died.
(If YOU are not a regular Dear Reader of MY Blog, let ME explain that SHE, aka HER, is MY human mother, Constance was HER mother and Hugo was HER father).
Hugo had taught HER many years ago the practise of 'Restraint of Tongue & Pen' and oh boy, that was a good thing.. for it transpired that Hugo had had another stroke, gone into a coma, then died three days later.
Why was it a good thing?
Well, read the last bit again, the bit about 'three days later'. For it signifies that neither HER brother nor HER step-mother had had the 'courtesy' to tell the other members of Hugo's family that he was dying.
The daughter's wedding was held in one of Malaga's oldest churches, and the reception afterwards was a happy, very joyful affair and although, greatly saddened by the very sad news, SHE was not distraught about HER father's death.
Why, because it had been SHE who, nine years previously in May of 1972, had flown from Paris to Tenerife to fetch Hugo, when he had been completely paralysed by a stroke, and take him by Air Ambulance back from the Canary Islands to England.
It was SHE who had arranged and spoken with all the brilliant doctors and staff at Sister Agnes's, aka King Edward 7th's Hospital, and SHE who had to let the family, who were spread all over the world at that time, know what had had happened.
SHE had spent a lot of time with HER father in Spain, had suggested Sculpture as a way to help him beat the paralysis and it was SHE that Hugo had told "....., if this happens again and I go into a coma, let me go, this is a ......".
But YOU do not wait for three days to tell YOUR sister that YOUR father is critically ill, not when SHE is only less than four hours away and, in
those days, ALL airlines had one emergency seat just for situations like this.
Now YOU should understand why SHE has had to exercise Restraint of Tongue & Pen, SHE did then and WE do it again on MY blog.
WE might say that Hugo friend's were not so restrained.. for none of them were told he was ill or of his death.
So today.. St.Valentine's day.. SHE spends it honouring Hugo, who wore that cologne of Bay & Lime, who takes, yes, YOU did read that correctly, sends or takes HER on jaunts, who was HER father.. who taught HER the meaning of Love.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 14th, 2014.
But, sadly, it was not for the bride nor her parents.
It was for HER, from Constance, to say that Hugo had died.
(If YOU are not a regular Dear Reader of MY Blog, let ME explain that SHE, aka HER, is MY human mother, Constance was HER mother and Hugo was HER father).
Hugo had taught HER many years ago the practise of 'Restraint of Tongue & Pen' and oh boy, that was a good thing.. for it transpired that Hugo had had another stroke, gone into a coma, then died three days later.
Why was it a good thing?
Well, read the last bit again, the bit about 'three days later'. For it signifies that neither HER brother nor HER step-mother had had the 'courtesy' to tell the other members of Hugo's family that he was dying.
The daughter's wedding was held in one of Malaga's oldest churches, and the reception afterwards was a happy, very joyful affair and although, greatly saddened by the very sad news, SHE was not distraught about HER father's death.
Why, because it had been SHE who, nine years previously in May of 1972, had flown from Paris to Tenerife to fetch Hugo, when he had been completely paralysed by a stroke, and take him by Air Ambulance back from the Canary Islands to England.
It was SHE who had arranged and spoken with all the brilliant doctors and staff at Sister Agnes's, aka King Edward 7th's Hospital, and SHE who had to let the family, who were spread all over the world at that time, know what had had happened.
SHE had spent a lot of time with HER father in Spain, had suggested Sculpture as a way to help him beat the paralysis and it was SHE that Hugo had told "....., if this happens again and I go into a coma, let me go, this is a ......".
But YOU do not wait for three days to tell YOUR sister that YOUR father is critically ill, not when SHE is only less than four hours away and, in
those days, ALL airlines had one emergency seat just for situations like this.
Now YOU should understand why SHE has had to exercise Restraint of Tongue & Pen, SHE did then and WE do it again on MY blog.
WE might say that Hugo friend's were not so restrained.. for none of them were told he was ill or of his death.
So today.. St.Valentine's day.. SHE spends it honouring Hugo, who wore that cologne of Bay & Lime, who takes, yes, YOU did read that correctly, sends or takes HER on jaunts, who was HER father.. who taught HER the meaning of Love.
GeeGee Parrot.
February 14th, 2014.
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