The Meaning of Life!

What is the meaning of  life? The Monty Python version cracks me up... but the events of yesterday with its own cast also made for an interesting story.
Lynda sent a message that her dear Aunty May had died. She was 92 and lived in a care home. A really good one where she was well cared for. But the image of her being raised from a chair in a mechanical hoist with an expression that mixed pain with indignity is for me the one that gets you thinking  it was a happy release for her. Her only daughter is away on the "holiday of a lifetime to China" for 10 days.. but May won't mind having to wait for a few tears to be shed.
Ted the window cleaner called. We share tips on curing golfer's elbow and we put the world to right. So I was disappointed when he said he was retiring..."Have too...arthritis in the back" he explained. But I excused him when he said he was 68. Respect Ted. You're a fit old beggar! He's looking for a warmer climate now to ease his aches and pains.
Grand-daughter Jas finished her year as a Teaching Assistant at the local academy. The kids gave her a farewell present and so she was in bits. But she's off to university in September and will already be looking forward to that.
It was Eddie's leaving day at the local middle school. He had an amazing end-of-school report that described him as "an old fashioned gentleman" and "like a tardis... with an outside that totally disguises the unexpected capabilities inside of him!" He'll be keen to see what the girls are like at the academy! 
Charlie also had a leaving day...making the step up from First to Middle School. He wasn't overly sentimental. Sky Sports was talking up the new football season. "In your face!" was his only expression of emotion to me when the screen flashed Ajax 1 Chelsea 0.
And Ronnie finished pre-school nursery en-route to first school. Apparently the staff and mothers were in bits. Each little 'un was presented with their own pre-school history...lovingly captured in numerous photographs and messages. Ronnie proudly showed me his... although now clearly bored by its familiarity he did hurry me through it. But not before I spotted a clearly special moment for both the staff and Ron:
"2/2/09  Stood up to pee for the first time!"
Way to go Ron. OnWeGo!