A sad week

Last week was a week for sad news. My friend Marija's father died, Rosie's music teacher miscarried at 21 weeks into her pregnancy, one of Jason's parents' friends died quite suddenly, a dear friend lost his year long battle with cancer and I learned that a much admired colleague passed away last year.

Some of you might have heard me talk about my friend Xavier in Paris. It was only 18 months ago that he discovered a lump on his collarbone which started a long and painful fight for his life. He leaves a wife and three children behind, his youngest a little girl named Rose who is the same age as Rosie. He was such a family man and so adored his children. I can't imagine them growing up without him. So sad and so unexpected. Xavier never smoked or drank and lived a healthy, happy life. So very sad.