My list is getting less.

I've started writing my Christmas cards hence the Christmas music, but when I looked at my list, I was over come with a sadness, as I saw I'd put a line through my friend Diane's name, as she had died early last year. We first met when we both started our nursing training in January 1960, so we'd known each other a long time. We did meet up once a year until a few years ago.

I was her bridesmaid and I remember it well. She had a white velvet dress and her sister and I had dark blue velvet dresses. 

I went to her home the night before as she lived in Newport and I was here in Porthcawl, I caught a bus.. I loved going there as she had a 'normal' family, a mum who was lovely and dad and sister.. so very different to me, I lived with my grandmother and two maiden aunts.

We both had a bath the night before, no showers in those days and her dad had put an oil heater in the bathroom, as no central heating either then! We slept on blankets on a bedroom floor because they had relatives staying. It must have been comfortable as I can't remember not sleeping, but we did chat for ages, so probably were very tired. What did we talk about?? Well this was a time when people didn't 'sleep' together till you were married, so we talked about what it might be like, we were totally unknowing about marriage!

So some lovely memories although sad.

She and her husband David were girl friend and boy friend in school so together for over 64 years.. when he phoned to tell me I was too choked up to speak. My list is getting smaller every year, so sad.

Chrisxx