This has been an interesting week for me personally. A very close friend of thirty years, Vivie Dunn, died this week suddenly. She was not ill. She had watched my family grow up and marry and make their way in the world. She was a fixture in our lives and someone we loved dearly.
On Saturday, she went to visit a friend and had a stroke. By Sunday, it looked hopeless. Tuesday morning she died quietly. Vivie lived right next door and not only did we share a lot of laughs and a lot of tears over the years, we shared life. We talked about life as a thing to embrace, a thing to find great joy over.
Vivie loved children and the one thing she always wanted in her life was someone special to love her and to think she was wonderful. There are a lot of people who love Vivie and think she's wonderful, but she had to share them. She wanted someone just for herself. Vivie loved children but never had any of her own. She shared mine and many other children in her life.
Vivie used to come to the school and do presentations on insects. She was an entomologist and had a degree in zoology. She was interesting and fun and the kids loved her.
It's hard to let go of someone and something like her presence in my life. She will be missed.
The people in our lives are the most precious part of our lives. Sometimes we take for granted presences that simply one day vanish. I'm sure I did that.
Children grow up quickly and then make their way in the world. Enjoy today what you have today and make the most of it. The little boy that Vivie and I shared, my son, will be 36 this year.
Think today of those people you love and embrace them.
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