ONLY BY GRACE

I highly doubt that I can put all that has happened over the last 2 months "in a nutshell". I'll try. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. BYE JO In my last entry, I wrote about Jo who left for BKK to do her Masters. Never in my wildest dream would I thought I would actually have to pay my tributes to her 1 month later. In a way that I so least expected. Barely 2 weeks after sending her off, she came down with a brain infection that left her unconscious for a whole month and on the fateful 25th of October, she left us to be with the Lord. This came after receiving very optimistic reports from the doctors the night before - she was transferred out of ICU to the high-dependency ward after being given the clearance by the medical team. I was rejoicing and musing about how I was planning to "irritate" her as she returns onto the path of recovery. Alas, I was to receive the heartbreaking