Every first Thursday of the month a group of people come together to eat and billiard (is that an English word)? We are part of this group even though we are the outer core if you like, and aren't always there. The bigger part of the group is the inner core, they also do more things together so it's not like we are always there with them. But it's always nice if we are there and it's totally your own choice if you are there or not.

Anyway, Leo (our good friend) is part of the inner core and he called us to ask whether we would come today. In the end we decided to indeed go to Amsterdam and try to have a good time. The whole group knows about the death of dad and so that was a topic of discussion during dinner. Anyway...food was good and conversation was nice... but then it came to the bill and how much everyone had to pay. Suddenly they all said: girls, you don't have to pay. We are all paying a bit more, we discussed this with Leo today it's on us!
We were stunned and surprised and but they wouldn't want to hear anything else. Basically, we had a good evening because after dinner we also went to the pub to play billiards and in the end we only paid part of our parking (the rest they paid too) and that was it as the drinks in the pub were also on them.

It turns out they talked about this and decided this was just a nice thing to do. We would be out and about having a good time which they with the whole group would pay. When we thanked Leo and the rest of the group they brushed it off saying it was a normal thing to do. They all know in what kinda time we are living at the moment as most (if not all) of them have already gone through the same thing) and they decided to get us out of the house and let us know they care.

You don't need to be really, really good friends and to see each other every day to do this. It was something small for them personally (as they all paid a little bit more) but it was a big thing for us. That's also why I wanted to write my diary even though it late now. Especially the fact that they see this as normal and nothing special makes me so emotional. It's just something you do... For me and Angela it was a big surprise though and it meant a lot to us.

Something so small can mean something so big for the person you are doing it for. This meant so much to us you can't imagine (then again you all will probably imagine otherwise you wouldn't have done it).

Thanks again guys! It's always great to be there but this evening was special! You've certainly touched my heart with this and let me see that you as a person or as a group of people really can make an awful lot of difference in someone else's life... We honestly really appreciated it!