Four Years Today
Today it is four years since I upped sticks and ran away to live in Portugal!
It is has been a strange sort of day, a mix of happy and sad really.
Happy, as I love living here and I love my other half very much. So much has happened to me since I came to live here ... I have a real tan now for the first time in my life with a distinct white bit!
Sad, as it brought back memories of actually leaving the UK to come here. I had the other love of my life with me then, Wilmott my darling dog. It was such a huge decision to bring him with me to Portugal as there was always a chance that things might not work out ... well other people thought so I never had a doubt. It was such an adventure leaving everyone behind and setting off to my new life and Wilmott was my companion and co-adventurer. Having him with me made it so much easier. We got to the airport and I realised that he had, had no breakfast so I bought a jumbo croissant and we shared it, Wilmott had the lions share, I was tearing it up and poking it through the bars of his "flying house" he really enjoyed it! I daren't let him out to eat it as the airport was so busy with holiday makers, he was already the star attraction sat there in his vari-kennel ready to be checked it. Would you believe he had to travel as excess baggage - my best boy excess baggage.
Wilmott left me and went ahead to the Rainbow Bridge on February 17th 2007 aged 11 years and 3 months, I miss him so much it hurts. I know that one day the hurt, pain and longing will go away, but at the moment it is just so raw.
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