I am going to be away for a few days with my family, partly because I haven't seen them for a while and partly because a sad occasion brings the opportunity to do so.
The sad occasion is the funeral of a relative, who two weeks ago had a heart attack and then died a few days later in hospital. He was very old, so the death does not come as such a shock, but it is still sad. The past week, I have had several memories come back to me of him at various stages of my life, both meeting him when I was a young child and later in my life.
That said, the sadness is not lingering. Dying is a fact of life, after all, and after he suffered the heart attack I was kind of braced for the possibility he might not make it. I was prepared for it.
Nevertheless, it will be good to be with my parents, who knew him far better than I feel I did, and while I am away it is unlikely I will blog.
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