Get well soon Paul

Hello everyone I am sorry to announce that out dear friend Paul Curran is not well enough this week to host his own If we were having Coffee get together. I am sure you will join me in wishing him well and a speedy recovery. Now all of you are very welcome to join my gathering. I cannot offer you exciting and inspirational stories or the funny antidotes he comes up with, mined from his rich and amazing life. I can however off you coffee cakes and more and a warm welcome and chit chat.

If we were having coffee:The weather is getting distinctly wintry, fogs, rain, frost and cold so lets all go inside and be comfy by the fire. Paul and I can still entertain you all with tea and coffee from all over the world not to mention all our cakes and muffins and as Paul calls them sweets! Every single one is calorie free! Plus of course we now have spirits and liquors to warm the coldest of you.

If we were having Coffee: I would remind you that there are lots of other coffee mornings all shared and organized By Diana and Gene’O over at,Part time monster

If we were having coffee : I would tell you it has been a very busy week full of funeral and floral arrangements, my sister M’s Funeral is this coming Tuesday. It has been a very sad time full of lovely emails and phone calls from all types of people who’s lives she had touched.

If we were having coffee : I would ask you what I can get you to drink or eat, and say lets change the subject. As I was saying it has been a busy week but I did manage to take Thursday off and go into the nearest town with my friend L , we a bus ride, and a coffee and cake and a long chat setting the world to rights. We also went to the gym twice this week and on Friday I went back to my Pilates class, I have missed two weeks ( since M died I just could not get on with the normal ) Slowly I am getting there!

If we were having coffee : It was Halloween this weekend and I can tell you now that it is getting really big business over here. Suddenly it is very popular and everyone was busy celebrating it ! Here are some amazing photos from one of my neighbour’ s garden!

IMG_20151030_202514 — Scary in the dark!

IMG_20151030_200520073 — Witches to greet you

IMG_20151031_103633900_HDR — Inviting you to lunch!

IMG_20151031_103702677 — I think they have been waiting a long time

IMG_20151031_103709818 — The warthogs look better fed

IMG_20151031_103714590 — Don’t recommend the service here!

IMG_20151031_103717913_HDR — OH! the witch is off!!

On an other more serious note , some of the costumes being sold for children to wear are extremely dangerous and children have been seriously burned. So there are campaigns for safer costumes that are fire retardant. Read here and especially here . Not nice so be careful out there!

If we were having Coffee: I would have to say that I really have to go now as today has been a mish mash of looking after unwell cats, and my friend who is having problems with her daughter. If you remember I have written about her problems and the hospital she has been in and out of . All I can do is listen and just be there for them when I can.

And of course the

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Author: willowdot21

Female, wife, full time mother and Grandmother. I am not as happy go lucky as I used to be but I am still bubbling along on simmer! I have three handsome sons all grown and flown.The youngest married with a beautiful wife and two sons of his own. Eleven years ago I was working, running a home, driving and socializing then bang in a split second all that was gone. I had an accident at home. I broke my back, not for the first time, I had broken it 10 years previously as well. Unfortunately this time I had broken it really badly and it was truly messed up so I had to have two operations. I was told before each operation that the outcome could mean I spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Still as some guy once wrote "I am still standing " yes "better than I ever was " not quite but with the help of a walking stick and as long as I do not stand or sit in one position for too long, I am still standing! Update I no longer use the walking stick . I had lots of friends before the accident but when things like this happen, you loose most of them. Their lives move on and mine stood still and so they left me behind ...I know that is just the way life is but it hurt and always will. Then I looked around and saw those who were still there for me, these friends are the roses in my garden they need to be tended well. They are the diamonds in the dust, I will of been married 50yrs plus this year . Pain and boredom are my enemies now, I have to find different ways to approach life, use my pain befriend it almost...yer right , well that is what they tell me at the pain clinic ROFLMAO ...... if only I could! I have found an outlet for my fears, frustrations and night terrors . I have started writing poetry if that name can be applied to my writing. I hope I do not come over as a moaning winger. I hope I am past all that. I also hope that you might see how the poetry is moving from very dark through the grey and hopefully in to light ?? I need to update this a little here. I have worked very hard over the years since my accident, I go to the gym regularly, I have a Pilates class and a core class once a week . The guys at the gym and my Pilates teacher cajoled, teased, bullied and encouraged me to abandon my walking stick! :) My back is no longer straight it is C shaped because of the injury and I have lost two and a half inches in height but my Pilates and Core teachers have helped me to stand up as straight and as strongly as possible. Pain and depression are still hanging on my arm but I have weapons to use against them and if I say so myself I cope well. I have made lots of new friends, real diamonds. I am also very grateful for all the support and help I have encountered here on Wordpress. Hugs and welcome to everyone who visits. View all posts by willowdot21

27 thoughts on “IF WE WERE HAVING COFFEE: GET WELL SOON PAUL”

Get well soon, Paul! And happy day after Halloween to you both.

willowdot21 says:

Nov 1, 2015 at 8:06 pm

Thanks!! 🙂

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Hope Paul is getting better and that he’s back here soon. And thanks for all the pictures. Looks like those skeletons had a great time!

willowdot21 says:

Nov 1, 2015 at 8:43 pm

I hope Paul is improving too, as for the skeletons they looked hungry to me! 🙂

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Thank you so much for the well wishes Willow. I should be back to normal by next week. Thank you and your readers for the kind thoughts.

willowdot21 says:

Nov 1, 2015 at 9:13 pm

We are all rooting for you!! xxxxxxxxxxxx

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Willow, your Halloween pics are brilliant! Paul, feel better soon, we miss you and u’r lovely stories. Happy holidays! 🙂

I hope your friend Paul feels well! Love the pictures and hearing about your week!

willowdot21 says:

Nov 2, 2015 at 5:53 am

Thanks Lynz we all hope Paul will be blogging away again soon. ❤

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1. Lynz Real Cooking says:
  
  Nov 2, 2015 at 10:47 am
  
  yes:)

Wishing you the speediest of recoveries Paul and that was quite the decorated garden 🙂 thanks for sharing that.

willowdot21 says:

Nov 2, 2015 at 5:52 am

Yes they really go to town on the decorations each year! Yes and we all wish Paul well.

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If we were having coffee I would give both of you a big hug 🙂

willowdot21 says:

Nov 2, 2015 at 5:48 am

Thank you that is really appreciated.<3

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willowdot21 says:

Nov 2, 2015 at 7:08 am

Thinking about the hug you would need a huge reach to encompass Canada and the UK! 🙂 then again on the internet you can do anything!! 🙂

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1. morgaine620 says:
  
  Nov 2, 2015 at 11:53 am
  
  My nickname is Morgaine from the sorceress in the Arthur myth 🙂 I am sure I can manage 😉
2. willowdot21 says:
  
  Nov 2, 2015 at 4:11 pm
  
  what a fabulous name!
3. morgaine620 says:
  
  Nov 2, 2015 at 4:54 pm
  
  Thanks 🙂