Hello from London

Hey everyone.

I am writing to you from Greenwich, London. This is my 5th day and counting. I still have another few days before I head off to Paris. It has been kinda difficult to be here. The first few days were fine, but the past 3 have been very hard.

Last night we went to a Michael Jackson vigil at the o2 Arena and I just cried, and cried and cried.

I also think I have broken two ribs. I know, I know… trust me. I caught up with this friend of mine that I’ve never met before and when he saw me we were so happy that he hugged me so tight and lifted me up. Know that I’m 4ft 11 and my mate is about 6ft1… as he lifted me we both felt two very, very loud cracks followed by searing pain. And I have been in a lot of pain ever since… It’s bearable. I have no travelers insurance (I am not eligible for it, they laugh me out of their damn broker’s as soon as they read about my prev. medical history lol) so I won’t go to the doctor but from what I am told there is very little that can be done for it anyway except firmly strapping it with bandages and being very careful… which I have been doing thusfar.

Besides that I have some very sore legs… my joints are aching twenty four seven but I am praying it away. Please pray for my healing… I am sure everything is taking a toll on me. I will post some photographs of my trip.

To be honest it hasn’t been all sad… some of it has been nice. It was so good last night because I met with a girl I have been penpals with for more than 10 yrs. We have never met before and haven’t even had much internet interaction its been all by snail mail and I ran in to her by chance…. I am so surprised I recognised her because I have only ever seen a photograph of how she looked at around 17 yrs old and she’s 25 now. It was so great to see her, it made me so happy and she gave me such a huge hug. It was so good to be around people who felt the same grief I have.

My priest sent me an email yesterday morning that made me cry. I emailed him about something very unrelated. A few weeks ago I told him I was coming to see Michael, it was a quick passing mention and he sort of laughed but said MJ puts on a great show (he’s seen an MJ concert before) and I guess he realised since the last time I saw him that I was quite devastated about it… in his email was a huge paragraph (randomly) about how he hoped I wasn’t too devastated and how wonderful he actually thought Michael really was and went in to detail about how he has suffered so much in his life at the ends of greed and viciousness… it was just so nice to hear that from someone like a priest… and he put a few nice words to help me put it all in to perspective. And also? It was wonderful that he was thinking of my heart without making me feel ridiculous about it.

Meanwhile I went to Brompton Oratary for church on Sunday and it was beautiful If you havent seen it… you should look i tup.

I have 7 min left online so I am going to go back to my room and rub deep heat in to my legs… ack…. pray for me!!!

Paris on Friday. Finally!.