I have just heard that the father of a very good friend of mine died this morning. They are very good friends of ours, their children are best friends with ours, and everything is echoing quite loudly in my head at the moment. Takes me back five months. Almost five months exactly.

So forgive me if I go a little quiet for a while.

And kiss everyone you love today. I am.

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Karen Andrews is the creator of this website, one of the most established and well-respected parenting blogs in the country. She is also an author, award-winning writer, poet, editor and publisher at Miscellaneous Press. Her latest book is Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity