The usual gathering - without mich

We had our usual 5-family gathering yesterday at Aunt E's, without the Tans as they are away in Nippon Land and of course, without mich.

The kids did their usual swimming. They enjoyed the water slide tremendously. Yan Yan was brave enough to go down the slide herself! The men went for their badminton session midway, leaving us women to care for the children.

After that, as I was sitting on the sofa, watching the TV, I really felt the absence of mich. The last time I was sitting on the same sofa, michelle was right next to me. I can't recall what we talked about, or whether we talked at all, but it has become so comfortable in her company, that I can feel totally at ease with her even in silence. When we walked around at the mall after dinner, I was thinking of mich too, of how she had wished she had bought more clothes from a particular shop for her Julian as they had fitted him perfectly.

We all miss her so much.