JADE GOODY DIES, a special thought for her boys

Happy Mother's Day, at least for some. I interrupt my story today to spare a thought for the family, and especially the two young boys, of Jade Goody. Not only tragic that she died so young, but awful for her boys that it is Mother's Day. They can only be thankful that she went in a peaceful, painless and quick way. Be thankful for what you have and enjoy each day to the fullest, keep smiling no matter what life throws at you. Our hearts go out to them and all who are suffering, on this special day.

THE OSCARS, JADE GOODY'S WEDDING & RAY QUIN DANCING ON ICE, I'M SPOILT FOR CHOICE

Although the children are bilingual, as am I, and although we have the choice of either French or English TV, the number one choice is always English. This is mainly because French TV is either live, (and they manage to screw it up each time), or because it's re-runs of very old programs such as "The Love Boat". But today is Sunday, not just any old Sunday, this is a busy Sunday, at least as far as celeb watching is concerned. Today we have Jade Goody's wedding at lunchtime, Ray & Maria dancing on ice tonight, (I could watch that young lad skate until the cows come home!), and then, sometime during the night, the long awaited Oscars. Fortunately, we all have roughly the same taste in TV, this means that we don't have to spend a fortune on separate ones for each of us! But they don't enjoy the Oscars so much. I remember my daughter piping up one year, "Why do they keep calling it Oscars? It's not Oscars award, it's hers!!". That was a couple of years ago, she understands it a bit better now.

My no2. son has a friend round this morning, and it's funny listening to both French and English voices at the same time. It must be very confusing for their friends, because although they speak French to them, when brother or sister arrives on the scene, they will converse in English to them. Thus the poor French kid gets a kind of Franglais mixed in with his own language, and looks at you dumbfounded. Mind you, could be good if they're learning English at school. That is the beauty of a child being bilingual, they can switch and change languages at the drop of a hat, even mid-sentence. I speak 3 languages, French, English & rubbish, the latter being the better of the 3!

Should there be any Americans dropping by, you'll know the results of the Oscars before me, however, I will know the results of Dancing On Ice before you, so I'll up-date tomorrow. That said, you probably don't know what Dancing On Ice is, apart from it's obvious name, maybe I should try to get a preview up on the blog, but then again, unless you are familiar with the UK celebs that are in it, you probably won't want to know what it is.

Jade Goody getting married

THE WAY SHE WAS

I was so pleased to hear that Jade Goody is to marry soon. I think it will be good for her sons, (not sure if he is their father), to have a dad after she has gone. mind you, I was talking to someone yesterday who knew somebody with the same type of cancer, she was given just months to live as well and now, 5 years later, she is still living as normal a life as she can. They put her on the cancer "super drug", (don't know what it's called, if anybody does would be grateful for a hint), and it has kept her going much longer than anticipated, unless they got it wrong in the first place. And thinking about it, I do remember watching Patrick Swaze, (is that how you spell it?), on GMTV as he also has terminal cancer, and they gave him months to live a couple of years ago, but he's still making films now. Let's just hope that things turn out the same, or similar for Jade. On a lighter note, the sun is shining here in the Vendee, France, and they've announced pretty much the same for the rest of the week. This is good news, as it's about time I started to do some gardening, (yuk), as the Gite will be ready for opening in a couple of months. Oh and by the way, I forgot to say on Saturday, I didn't get a truck load of Valentines cards as I expected...not! But I did get one card, from my other half.......Ahhh, so the subtle hints worked for a change!

A thought for Jade Goody and family

Happy Valentines Day! On this special "Love" day, let us just spare a thought to Jade Goody and her family, may they have the strength to get through their heartache. Also to the families of those who lost their lives in the tragic air crash in New York, and to anybody else who may be suffering in any way. I may not have been lucky in the lottery last night, (no, we are not making a detour to Paris!), but I am lucky to have a wonderful family, all of whom are healthy and happy. Have a good day, whatever you are doing, and take care of those precious to you.