Wednesday, 10 June 2009

Life's Too Short

Just a short one today.

This morning I found out from my best fluff friend that one of our mutual friends had died in a car accident on her way home from work yesterday.

I was stunned.

Yesterday, we talked on her wall about her fish and also on fluff as she sent me a beautiful gold habitat (the pink bedroom) which I was going to give to my daughter Julia. Annie's message with the gift was 'Have a happy week darling'. Her last facebook status said 'Back to work, only 20 minutes to go...' and that's the last any of her fb friends heard from her.

I didn't know her in real life and knew very little about her. I think her real name was Jessica and I think she was married and had a daughter. For them, her sudden death must be almost unbearable. My heart goes out to them and I've been thinking of them all day.

How poignant that Annie's profile picture is a black and white photo showing an unknown woman with wings and that one of the first paragraphs on her page is about the memorial page for Meetu, another young woman who died suddenly and tragically - in the Mumbai bombings.

It all makes me realise how unimportant most things are and that the only things that are really valuable are our families and friends.

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