Beryl pased away yesterday. She was 96.
I knew about Beryl before i met her.
Not long after i moved in one of the neighbours knocked on my door, introduced herself & proceeded to warn me about the woman next door (Beryl) who was, apparently, an international jewel thief, a satan worshipper and head of a (satanic) cult.
According to this neighbour I shouldn't invite Beryl inside as she was a very successful thief and would steal all my belongings without me noticing.
I was a litle bemused by this! And also was wondering what on earth i'd got myself into.
I mean Beryl was ( to my mind anyway) an old fashioned name, the car in Beryl's carport was a nondescript corolla (perfect for blending in i suppose) but she also sounded like a modern day Fagin.
Then i met Beryl.
She was in her 80's. she was small, she was frail looking, she sometimes used a walking frame. She moved quite slowly. She was quite frankly a little old lady.
I figured if she could steal something from me and get away with it she deserved to keep it!
She was also a lovely person.
Her family gave her an ipad a few years ago (she already had a hand-me-down laptop from one of her grandkids) and she loved it.
Presumably she was running her international crime syndicate online!
This time last year Beryl decided that she couldn't live on her own anymore & moved into aged care - she had her ipad & laptop so she could keep in touch with the world even if she couldn't get around under her own steam anymore.
I never saw any evidence that Beryl was anything other than a lovely lady ( but i did find evidence that the neighbour who warned me about Beryl was crazy like a loon) and i never saw any evidence of Beryl's satanic rituals or international crime syndicate.
All i saw was a lovely lady, a doting grandma (& great grandma), and an excellent neighbour.
R.I.P Beryl. you will be missed.
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