Eggshells

The last day of Joshua’s leave or Sam’s holiday when she was at Uni are always fraught days. We all tend to let our emotions show as we prepare for our next round of farewells.
Josh passed the day sorting his gear and packing, he also made coffee flavoured fudge which will be gifted to us when he leaves.

We walked Paddy, chatted about everything except his departure, ate burgers from the Meat Counter when his mum arrived home off shift. The four of us sat around the dining table as we have done for twenty-one years, it’ll be different at dinner tomorrow night. He won’t be here but he is never far from our thoughts.