Jen

I'm not sure how often I've mentioned my daughter Jennifer , Jen. But today would have been her 42nd birthday.

Jen died back in 1994 aged just 12. Jen had been diagnosed with a brain tumour, given a year to live and died almost exactly a year later. I never like referring to her tumour as cancer but of course that's what it was. Cancer is a horrid thing to have, for the person diagnosed and for those who have to watch it rob a person of life.  I've always found it difficult to just think of the time we had, there should have been more, so much more. Birthdays, anniversaries all add another level of sadness. And today, looking back and sorting through the old photos brings back a whole bunch of memories and emotions. It's hard to say Happy Birthday Jen when she's not here to hear it. Jen very much missed.