Carpe Diem

We had a telephone call last night that underlined the importance of carpe diem – seizing the day and living life while you can. The daughter of a friend of ours rang to give us the news that Maaike had died of a heart attack while on holiday visiting relatives in Portugal. She was only 52. She and her family visited us just over five weeks ago. She was full of life then, and now she’s gone. She is missed.