The Rest of the Day She Left – Part 2

Technically it’s the day after…

Fell asleep for a while and woke up at 4am to 7 missed calls from private numbers. Naturally freaked out. And, naturally, everything was fine.

There was an email from her – from Singapore, between flights. Apart from the personal stuff, the best line was:

“i got upgraded to FIRST CLASS an hour before landing,i dont understand it,yeah u get a plasma tv and a huuge couch with plastic wood cup holders,but thats it…but the view,the sun was rising over the ripples of grey and white clouds,if i belived in heaven thats what it would look like…its looked like an ocean,but better.”

So I suppose the lessons are:
- It’s not worth the money to buy a first-class ticket
- She doesn’t need to believe in heaven. She’s it.
- Sunrise from a plane is cool
- Be grateful that in the last 15 minutes before your baby gets on another plane, she’s emailing her mum instead of Facebooking.
- Be grateful you can still remember the smell of her cheek
- Life goes on

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