To Mum
Writing this is the hardest thing I have ever had to write, had hoped never to write. Hard, because there are too many memories we have shared, words to write, and to write them into just a few paragraphs seems unjust. I am guilty of thinking, and for taking for granted, ‘mum’ would always be there. Now, and since you passed, I am left feeling numb with thoughts of the future with you no longer in it.
I would love listening to stories of your past, being a young child during WW2 and having to carry your gas mask around with you at school, stories of your family and the romantic story on how you and Dad met. The times you would make me chuckle when you use to joke about Dad, yet I know the love you had for each other was stone solid, something many couples would dream of. I remember last year when you were in hospital, I had lost count on how many times you and Dad told each other ‘I love you’.
I have been very fortunate to have had you in my life for 60 wonderful years. 60 birthdays we have shared, making a whopping 120 in total. 60 Mothers Days’ and 59 Christmas’s and New Years.
You may no longer be with us but I promise you your legacy will live on for many, many years to come. Your stories will be told and re-told time and time again. Finally, I promise we will look after Dad until you meet again.
Thank you mum for making me the person I am today.
xxx
Caroline
5th October 2023