Just lost a very dear friend to a tragic accident.
We had dinner once a month regularly, the most recent one was less than a week ago. We put the world to rights whenever we met to catch up.
She was less than 2 years younger than me and less than a month to her next birthday.
She was the second one dear to me whom I had lost via accidental death, both avoidable.
Please, hug and tell your loved ones how much they mean to you as often as you can before it is too late, as tomorrow is not guaranteed.
R.I.P. JH - gone but never forgotten!
DK
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yes today was a hard day for my husband , going into work, knowing that he was the last person to speak to one of his colleagues as he got on his motorbike to go home on friday night, 5 mins later a car pulled out on him, tore his leg off and he died in the helicopter on the way to the hospital.
You are so right, tomorrow is never guaranteed. I think an old saying is right. "Live every day as if it was your last, because one day it will be." That's a principle I try to abide by.
Quote: Originally posted by Mrs. Bonce on 10/7/2023
Oh Marg6 how awful for your husband and his poor family.
well on hubby coming home tonight a few more details have come out, seems the bloke wasnt riding his bike quite as resposibly as he could have been (how do you say being a bit of a dick with respect for the dead?) he took a bad risk and ran out of road im afraid, over took a wagon to find a car in front and a wagon coming towards him with little room for him to dive into to get out the way, one way or another a wagon got him and i feel so sorry for that drive looking forward to going home to his family on the friday night and that happen
So sorry DK.
My fit son(56)was on a motorcycling holiday in Europe last year.In his third week in Spain he had a Cardiac Arrest. His friend doing CPR and a defibrillator saved his life. Not forgetting the fantastic first responders,nurses and doctors in San Pau Cardiology Department in Barcelona.
Life is far too short.Live it and enjoy whilst you can.
My sympathies to both, who are now dealing with the sudden death of someone close to them.
It’s not the sudden or unexpected that is so sad & shocking though - my dad died suddenly & unexpectedly, but the time was right for him, he was so missing my mum. My mum had cancer, who would want such pain to continue? Many of us have lost family & friends in similar circumstances, after lives lived to the full.
What’s sad here is the sudden loss of people who had so many things still to do, many places still to visit, many coffees or glasses of wine still to enjoy with friends & family: lives cut short. “Those whom the gods love, die young”, as the Ancient Greeks would say.
Quote: Originally posted by marg6 on 10/7/2023
yes today was a hard day for my husband , going into work, knowing that he was the last person to speak to one of his colleagues as he got on his motorbike to go home on friday night, 5 mins later a car pulled out on him, tore his leg off and he died in the helicopter on the way to the hospital.
That's sudden and tragic! I hope your husband is OK.
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
If you have not seen the film Nomadland, please do.
It confirmed for me that I did the right thing, to change unit while I was financially able to do so, to enable me to go out and about and continue to enjoy camping while I am still financially, mentally and physically able to do so.
DK
------------- Apple The Campervan - A Van For Work, Rest & Play!
- 2027: ? NL+DE+FR
- 2026: FR+DE
- 2025: 17/77
'24: 10/49; '23: 9/47;'22: 8/46; '21: 9/34
* Ex-tenter
* Treat life events like a dog: if you can't eat it, play with it or hump it, p1$$ on it and walk away!
So sorry to hear your news DK and Marg6. However, I absolutely agree that life is too short and that we should all continue to enjoy what we do whilst we still can. Also, if there's somewhere you've always wanted to visit with your unit but have not got round to for whatever reason - do it.
My own story is a similar one, albeit old now. My aunt and uncle flew to the UK from their home in Canada for my sister's wedding in 2015. Towards the end of their stay, she started to complain of stomach pains that she thought were gall stones. Turned out to be pancreatic cancer which took her life 6 weeks later. But it was that which inspired me to buy our first caravan before the end of that year and tow it to Switzerland the following summer.
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so sorry for your losses, we had a similar experience about 13 yr ago a friend dropped dead playing sunday league football just before his 50th birthday, at that point we said the same live for today, so we bought our first caravan
I used to film weddings and you can imagine the problem I had one Saturday having heard on the Friday evening that my friend of some 25 years had just dropped dead with heart attack. Not an easy task that Saturday.
My niece passed away this morning in a hospice in Cambridge aged 34.
My wife lost her niece in April aged 43. Both through Cancer.
Life is cruel and far to short.
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Topic: Life is too short!
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