Young

I heard on the way home from work yesterday that my friend Mike, or Micky as he was at school, had had a sudden and catastrophic heart attack that morning and had very sadly died. He was 59, the oldest in our school year (a September baby).

We were never an official couple but were close at school. We stayed in touch, after a career as a Trader in the City in the 80's and 90's he opened a pub in my home town and we used to laugh at the irony of him age checking the teenagers after our underage  escapades.

Yesterday was a shock, today is sad. Sad for me, sad for his friends and devastating for his wife, two grown up sons, mum and brother.

Thank you for all the lovely comments. It obviously wasn't what I was planning on blipping yesterday but I love that photo of Mike, taken when we were all young and good looking.