The only person I had told about returning to Australia for a visit was my friend Jan, so she picked me up from the airport and took me home to surprise Mum, who was going to be in the hospital the next day for an operation. I will never forget when Mum opened the door and immediately started crying (tears of happiness, I hope !) when she saw me standing there. We talked for a couple of hours, then went to surprise Dad too. It was so good to be back there after n...

At least this time when I went back home for a visit, it was under better circumstances as it was for Christmas, rather than Mum having to be in hospital and being worried about her ! It was so good to see Mum & Dad at the airport when I arrived. I had only been home a few hours when Pete rang to say he was at the airport and would be arriving the next day too ! This was a wonderful surprise for me and so I got Mum & Dad to take me back to the airport the next da...