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Scenic Drive From Oberon To Bathurst, NSW, AU (19 Oct 2016).

I took This Photo while Riding in a Car, On My 60th Birthday. I had Been Staying with My New Friends, Marta and Her Family, At Their Lovely Home in Oberon for the Weekend. Was On My Way Back "Home".

My Beloved Husband John, had Tragically Died a little over 2 Months Before Then. Marta Chanced To Call Me on the 2nd Month Anniversary Of John's Death. Not Long before My Birthday Coming Up Fast. Which I Dreaded Seeing. She Called at a Moment When I Was Terribly Distraught. Had Been Crying About Everything that Was Wrong With My Life. Marta and I Chanced To Meet, Not Long Before John Died, At Home, In My Arms. I Hadn't Heard from Her for "Awhile". Too Much In Shock, to Contact Her Then. Didn't Want To Talk To Anyone Then. Was Hurting So Bad.

She had Contacted Me to Ask How John Was "Doing"(?). When I told Her that John Had Died, and the Circumstances I had Dealt With Since I Saw Her Last... She Invited Me To Come Stay With Her and Her Family For The Weekend Before My Birthday, Which Arrived on The Following Monday That Year. She Said I Needed A "Vacation". Didn't want Me to SEE My First Birthday Without John By My Side. ALONE. Especially Because it was My 60th. A "Milestone" Event. That I Saw No Reason To Celebrate Any More. Since John Died... I've found it Nearly Impossible To Celebrate Any Special Day Or Event, with any amount of Heartfelt Sincerity. I Still Struggle With That Sense Of "Disenchantment". So When Marta Invited Me to Come Stay at Their Home... At First... I was Inclined to Say "NO". Now I'm Glad I didn't.

But I've Always ENJOYED Visiting The Blue Mountains. RENEWS My Spirit Every Time To Some Degree. When John was Alive and Healthy... We LOVED Going Up into the Blue Mountains To EXPLORE for a Day. Whenever We Had A Chance To DO SO. I Had nothing but GOOD Memories of Our Sojourns There. So... on Second Thought... I Said "Yes, Thank You". GRATEFUL For The Chance Of Having A "Change Of Scenery" For A Respite. HOPING for a Pleasant Distraction from My Ever-Present Sense Of Grief Over Losing My Beloved John. Actually, My Visit With Them, was even Better Than I ever Thought It Could Be Then. A HEALING EXPERIENCE For Me, at a Time, I NEEDED IT MOST.

When it was Time for Me to Leave... on My Birthday... Feeling STRONGER, Than Before... Marta and Her Husband SURPRISED Me with a Long and SOOTHING Drive on the Scenic Road from Oberon to Bathurst. To Catch My Train from There. We took our Time, Stopped at a Few Places to Look Around. I had a Wonderful Time That Day. Which Was the Greatest Gift, They Could Have Possibly Given Me. Aside From Bringing John Back From "Beyond The Grave", To Be With Me Again. They Gave Me Back My "Sense Of Self". That I Had Also Lost, On The Awful Day John Died.

They Reminded Me How Much I Love To Travel... To SEEK New Horizons... To Explore Places I've Never Been Before. How REJUVENATING It Is for me to DO SO, and WHY. Thanks To Them... They Made My 60th Birthday, A Day To Remember. A Truly SPECIAL EVENT For Me. Instead of Another Day, I'd Much Rather Forget. God BLESS Them!!!

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