“Andrew, I am going to read the whole Encyclopaedia Britannica to you and we will be the cleverest duo in England, so you can’t die until I get to volume Z.”
Andrew was really funny.
He could make me laugh.
He shared his secrets and dark thoughts.
Things he couldn’t tell his wife or family.
And then cancer took him away.
That was 12 Easter Sundays ago.
Holidays and anniversaries can be incredibly hard for many people, so it’s no wonder that our phonelines at #Samaritans can get real busy at this time.
My shift tonight is no different. 💔
So as you’re celebrating the long Easter weekend, don’t forget those who might be missing a loved one.
Be there for them.
If only to listen, because that’s usually more than enough.
You know, I didn’t get further than the various royal Sultan Abduls of the Persian empire in volume A. 👑
But I did make him giggle when I told him that the humble ‘abalone’ had 5 buttholes… so we started calling people who were Extra Special Jerks… you guessed it! Abalones! 🦑
One of these days when it stops hurting, I’ll continue with my quest to complete Volume A and finish the rest of the volumes in the Encyclopaedia, and think about all the things that I know would have tickled his funny bone.
But yeah, not yet.