Bridget McNulty

Day 8: Long phonecall

// July 8th, 2010 // 29 Gifts, Decisions, Life (and the living of it), Love

We arrived home late after our (wonderful) trip to Knysna this evening, and all I really wanted to do was unpack, take a deep breath and have a cup of tea in my lovely little flat.

But a friend of mine has just had some bad news, and I’ve been wanting to chat to her all week. It wasn’t the right time in Knysna – what will all the celebrations and decadence – but this evening was great timing and we had a lovely long chat. I think one of the things this dedication to gift-giving is teaching me, is that sometimes not being selfish for half an hour can really make a difference…