Two Incidents Should Have Triggered the Warning But We Didn’t See Them
Several years later she got the dreadful diagnosis and suddenly things began to fall into place.
Thinking back, two situations stood out clearly.
Brenda, our friend and colleague, the designer and planner of our future state-of-the-art retirement ‘village’ we’d creatively talked about, said she didn’t remember a thing about it.
We had met up for a quick dinner that night, just before a show. We all furtively locked eyes, eyebrows raised. How could she not remember?
We had this whiteboard in the staff room where we jotted down ideas as they came to us. It was nothing too serious, all a bit of fun to be honest.
Some brave souls, on occasions, had the temerity to cross some ideas off! But that was all just part of the exercise. The more outrageous we became, the more fun it engendered.
Surely she could remember some parts?
“Remember the talent pool we had to ascribe to?” I asked. “That was a condition of our joining. You had to offer some talent. No boring people were allowed.”
“I really don’t remember,” she laughed. “You sure I was there?”
