Losing my best friend motivated me to finally visit her home in California

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Losing my best friend motivated me to finally visit her home in California
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Social media and the pandemic played a part in delaying the transatlantic visit, but has proved to be part of the healing process

Perhaps this only happens to experienced “thrifters,” but sometimes your second-hand radar just takes you to the rack that holds the perfect item of clothing for you. I’ve experienced this often, but the thrill never gets old.

I kept thinking there’d always be next year, or the year after, to plan a visit. I assumed our paths would cross over the course of a Sydney Christmas. They did, once in 2014 – a glorious day of sunshine and beach time with our children.struck in 2020. Deprived of contact, I suspect that many of us felt an urgent need for connection, and for the reassurance that comes from people you’ve known a long time.

This was the last message I received from her, on 31 October. Four days later, Saskia’s mother messaged me: things had deteriorated rapidly. I brought my flight forward to 9 November, the soonest I could manage, with the US only reopening the day before. She passed away on 6 November, 2021.Only now have I visited – three times – the home that she created. Only now have I watched her children, so like her, compete in their sports.

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