Day six Sunday We had decided that we would have a leisurely breakfast and plan what we wanted to do tomorrow in Chicago. Breakfast went well mainly cereal for the three of us although Chris declined the bacon, sausage and eggs. He told us that the remains of the steak were in his fridge and…

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Day 5 Day Five By seven I had phoned by beloved texted my girls and grandson, showered shaved and put on some clean clothes. Left my room and had joined Chris outside Pete’s room. A reading was read and prayers for family and friends spoken. We sang a few songs with Chris. We were having…

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Day Four Our big day, for me, arrived with the alarm going off. I rang my wife and we chatted for a while before she had to go meet a friend for coffee and chat. I looked in my suitcase and realised that tonight we needed a hotel with a laundry or we needed to…

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I had set my alarm for six and it did its job. I was in and out of the shower, shaved and what have you by six twenty-five. I called Chris and in my most contrite voice caught up with her day yesterday and so far today. It felt like just a few minutes and…

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After a fairly restless night in a comfortable bed I felt both annoyed and relieved when the alarm on my phone went off. I decided to call my wife and enjoyed a ten minute catch up. Not very much seems to have happened in Banbury since we had left the previous day. Me promising to…

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I had a dream. The core of the Group The dream was very vivid and, unlike most dreams I remember, it seemed quite logical. In the dream two of my friends, Chris and Pete, and I went on a journey. There was a third friend in the dream, Keith, but he told me he could…

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