I spent the best part of this afternoon meeting up with family members I haven’t seen in about 17 and a half years. It’s a long time in anyone’s language. We chatted, caught up and laughed, a lot. I really had a good time. I suppose I didn’t realise just how much I’ve really needed those people, my family, in my life. While I’ve been super busy and not really writing much in my journal, I know I will spend a lot of time writing about things when I return home and life is back to normal.
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Since arriving here at my old home on the Gold Coast I’ve discovered a man I used to know well was murdered about a week before I showed up. It was sad to learn the way he spent his final hours. I simply had to make time, even though it’s difficult as I’m talking with mum almost every moment on the day and night, to write about this in my journal. I had forgiven this man for things he’d done to me a long, long time ago, but was still disturbed to hear how he’s died.
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