Five o'clock

Thursday, November 22.  We were going to meet up at five o'clock at my client the ME Madrid Reina Victoria hotel, in the Plaza de Santa Ana. She was to do Paulina Rubio's makeup (as she has done many times before; she was the warm and calm presence this personality needed when preparing for events). I was to present her to Jose Arenas, the energetic Experience Manager (or EM), so that they could arrange Paula's personalised treatments for guests that wanted an experience along the lines of the brand's claim "ME...it becomes you".

I got stuck in the office doing calls for a presentation we have on Tuesday and so said that I'd have to take a rain check on our date. She sounded fantastic, full of energy and light as always.  She left the expected positive impression on the EM and we planned to meet up later next week.

At 11'23 pm, sitting in the big armchair of my living room while my husband, my nine year old daughter and five year old son slept, I wrote my last email to a colleague and went to sleep.

Paula, back from her event, arrive at home and died minutes after.

Don't postpone opportunities to love those in your life that deserve it so.

Paula was one of them. I miss her so.