We didn’t have to wait long until Penne, Ella and Bao arrived. It was really good to 
see the three generations of ladies again – the last time we saw them was back in February. Ella is son John’s partner. She was aboard Dignity with us in Costa Rica. Bao is her daughter and our granddaughter. Penne is Ella’s mum. We love them all.
Considering Ella and Bao had just travelled from the UK and neither had had much sleep, both were very well behaved. Bao was quite keen to show us her standing skills as can be seen in the pic to the right. Helen and I performed our grandparenting skills well. Helen gooed all over Bao while I fixed the car baby seat.
They were able to stay with us for a couple of hours before tiredness began to kick in. Penne then adroitly drove them back to their home up the sunshine coast north of Brisbane.
In the afternoon Pam and John from Passages popped by for our final, final goodbyes. Hugs and kisses all round. John is going to keep an eye on the work on Dignity this week and hopefully take some pictures of the work being carried out.
Around 4pm Trish came to give us a ride to the airport. It’s fantastic having all this support from our friends and we really appreciate this. We obviously chatted about our family reunion earlier in the day. We never had time to visit their new home but hope to do so during our next visit to Brisbane.
Watch out for another entry very soon. Had two rounds of radiotherapy so far. Plenty of pics to show.
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