Let’s go for a trip,’ I smiled at my husband, Ron, 79.
A retired children’s social worker, I relished my colourful life of travel and socialising.
Empty-nesters living in the Teviot Valley on New Zealand’s South Island, our favourite moments were seeing our seven grandchildren.
‘We’ll save up to fly over and see the little ones,’ I’d say on the phone to my son Simon, 45, who lived in France with his wife, Jessica, and two beautiful children.
Luckily, my eldest, Deon, 47, lived closer by, with his wife