Happy 59th Birthday (Angela Valentine)

 Well, well, well!

We find ourselves here again. Unbeknownst to most people, it's been three years since I wrote a blog on your actual birthday. Actually, this one is two days late, but 😺

I am so jealous of John's holiday with you in New Zealand. It's a holiday that I have always dreamed of. I hope you enjoyed your day in Wanaka.

Now, we get to the fun part. As for me, I have been busy writing Angela and Murray's story and sequels - which are as follows:

What happened to Kathryn.

Physically Windy Cindy. 

Shopping Shannon.

Angela, the legendary carer.

Murray the master electrician. 

I'm not sure in what order the final two will be, but I know that I will complete the first three in that order. The other funny thing is I did not know this series would be so big. At first, I was only really thinking of you and Murray, but then, I thought I had to find a way to include Kayhrine, Cindy and Shannon; otherwise, I would have felt very greedy keeping you all to myself. But, alas, this is not the case! And I won't deny I struggle without you, but that's what writing the stories helps me with. Because it keeps my mind active. 

Aside from this, I don't have that many pictures of you nowadays to share. But I saw one of you the other day on messenger, and you were wearing my pants over your head. And this is back when you still dyed your hair. So your hair was blonde at the time, and I can also remember waving goodbye to you on the boat on that same holiday because you left Tangalooma a few days earlier than we did. This might have been a whopping 9 years ago!! Because I thought you were celebrating your 50TH with Murray. I remember when we went to Caloundra for 4 days, and we all got photographic proof of that holiday!

We should get time to meet up and/or go on holiday together somewhere in the future. Although this is hard to say, I have always cherished my time with you (and we can all agree that sometimes a little bit too much). I will always be grateful for the time we spend/spent together. Would you believe I hadn't worn my necklace in a long time! It saddens me to remember all the times I used to wear it with you, especially when we were writing Dr Chris's story. One of the main reasons we did it now is my happiness. And at the time, neither of us knew how happy it made me to write with you by my side. And we can do it again sometime! To be able to make this happen, though (I am only speaking hypothetically here), you might have to take some time off work - which I know these days is a difficult thing to do. I don't know why. Hypothetically, it might be because I wrote about you as a busy person. I keep you on your toes in the stories mentioned above.    

And although you are not the main character in the stories based around your children, it has been hard because I don't know as much about your children as I do about you and Murray. So, at this stage, I will likely find the ones based around you guys easier and those based around your children harder. But, at least it gives me a challenge because I put different obstacles in their way. For example, it will always be windy wherever Cindy goes outside the house. Not that I can ever recall having too much trouble coming up with ideas at the time, but now, because I am focusing on your children, I don't know as much what they are into. So, that is where the creative side of the story comes in. 

And, like always, at this time of year, I wish you the utmost happiness and safe travel home from New Zealand with John!   

If you have any questions, you know where to find me!

Regards,

Stephanie 😀