Dear Readers, I apologise for my
long silence.
Thanks to those who read this blog regularly
and prodded me about this silence with gentle reminders to write. Thanks to
those who waited patiently for a new post and turned away disappointed.
I lost a good friend recently and I was in
mourning.
We had a lot in common – she and I.
As we progress in understanding the world around us,
we develop a sense of humour that is not shared by all. We click with those
people who laugh at the same jokes. There are not many friends who share this
quality with us. We treasure these friendships. To lose one such friend creates
a vacuum which takes time to fill.
Most of us define our existence in relation to
the people around us.
When we lose someone close, it feels as if a
part of ourselves has gone numb.
.....
This was the first Facebook death I have seen
since I started using social networking.
My friend read this blog regularly and gave me
feedback. She will not read these posts anymore. That hurts.
For a while it had put me off all kinds of
interaction on the internet. I shunned looking at the computer screen. My PC
gathered dust in the living room corner. However, what bothered me most is that
I couldn’t write. Not that I am a celebrity writer or anything but writing
makes me feel worthwhile.
You have all ‘willed’ me back to this blog.
Many thanks.
