Friday 1st August

French weather is balmy and cloudy both. It's lovely to walk around the site and notice families all having such a good time. It gets a bit foggy when all the barbies are on the go, but the smell reminds me of camping with Kay, Kelly and Richard years ago at the Oregon coast. I got chased by a raccoon - but that's another story....

...all of which brings a tinge of sadness when I think that I'd do almost anything to have some of those days back again. I travelled a lot, but we did have some wonderful fun together. And that challenges me, even as I remember, not to spend life either in nostalgia or anticipation, but to live each and every day to the fullest. Thank God for this day. Is it perfect? No. Sometimes it's a bit cloudy, or too hot. But we're alive. Let's live as those fully alive.