It started out just like any other day where we were going away to visit family.

I opened my eyes and felt the day light on my face, light beams streaming through the crack in the curtains warmed my cheek as I lay still in bed.  Familiar sounds thrummed their way to my ears, mum in the kitchen, radio on chatting away, pots being moved about, breakfast was being prepared as usual.  The clatter of Simon’s claws on the tile floor a...