I was standing in the queue at the Spar on Mount Street in Dublin waiting to order a coffee to get me in shape for the day’s work in the office.
I spotted Dave, a buddy of mine from the drinks industry who I hadn’t seen for a few months collecting his coffee and he nodded across to me.
He made his way over and as jovial as ever he explained that he was exhausted after a few days at Cheltenham: “Jesus, I’m getting too old for this crack and I have a mountain of work to catch up on“.
When we both worked in the drinks industry these “junkets” were part and parcel of the job and while fantastic fun they invariably involved lots of travelling, late nights with more than a drink or two!
Dave is still working in the industry “The recovery time seems to be much longer these days” he told me.
The conversation went on and he asked that question: “How’s your dad doing?”
He obviously hadn’t heard.
This is always tough because the answer always leads to some awkwardness and invariably warrants a much bigger conversation.
“Dad, sadly passed away at the end of January” I replied and I started to give him some of the details including how he passed, how everyone was coping and both of us stood there holding our takeaway cups and we spoke about mortality and our different experiences.
“Life is short” he said “and we never quite know how short it will be“.
We both stood there nodding and contemplating in silence.
“That’s why we have to go to Cheltenham” he said and we both went on with our respective days.
He is right..
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