A very special person died this week.  She was loved and admired by hundreds and I am proud to be counted amongst her fans.   She was a lady who didn’t covet much; which means that the things she surrounded herself with were special; like the people she surrounded herself with.

So on Thursday, when I was shoe shopping with a dear friend of hers we both turned to each other and agreed that ‘this shoe is very Jo’.  Funny how a little bit of retail can offer a different kind of therapy.

Naturally I bought them; and so the wheels of commerce and life keep on turning.

We all know that shopping centre food courts are full of saturated fats, transfats, mono and polyunsaturated fats… fats of every kind and every kin.

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For our sisters…

Let’s be celebratory,

Let’s be supportive.

For our parents…

Let’s be grateful,

Let’s be gracious.

For our daughters…

Let’s be active,

Let’s be ambitious.

For our partners…

Let’s be thankful,

Let’s be thoughtful.

For our sons…

Let’s be tender,

Let’s be teachers.

For our shoe stores…

Let’s be Imelda.