Laura’s wish could be fulfilled only after the second try because she did not feel strong enough for the trip last fall. Her dream was a trip to Paris. She wanted to see the Louvre and the pyramid, meet Mona Lisa , to sail on the Seine, pull the edge of the skirt of the old lady ( Eiffel Tower ), look around from the Montparnasse tower, walk the streets and listen to the French discussions or to the musicians and singers on the subway and to enjoy the pulse of the city.

As I noticed , she and her mother also accomplished this, even though it was only 3 brief days. Laura was blooming from Saturday through Tuesday afternoon, always smiling.

Reading novels and watching movies we could imagine what a tremendous moment can be like. Experiencing such moments may never be given to many or only once in a lifetime. I have gained such twice. It was a gift to see the smile of Laura 's mother in the St. Chapelle chapel, and the phrase she whispered: if anything goes wrong in the future, she will just close her eyes and imagine the church and Laura in Notre Dame . Lighting a candle in the dark the time almost stopped, as we were sitting beneath the famous rose window and enjoying the silence and peace and listening to the beautiful singing. Here we could forget the illness and the pain, all that has been lost in the past, and we knew everything will be over and everything will go back to normal. I hope that this couple of days spent together will give a lot of strength and bring joy to Laura and her family , and also that she will soon completely recover.

Thank you for aiding in the fulfillment of the wish to the management of the Art'otel Budapest in whose courtesy Laura could spend the days prior and after her Parisian flights, and to the management of FGSZ Natural Gas Transmission Ltd..

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