Sadly, there is one thing that every human being has in common and that is we will all die. Although it’s not a great subject to discuss, I’m sure it’s something we have all thought about at some point in our lives.
Speaking from my personal experience, I have sadly lost quite a few members of my family, and although some were expected, some were a huge shock.
It is really hard to deal with grief at the best of times, but when somebody really close to you dies suddenly it is so very painful.
Sadly for me 2006 was a terrible year as I lost not only my beautiful mum, but my father in law and my husband’s grandmother. It was a really awful time and now 3 years on I am still nowhere near getting over loosing my lovely mum.
It is peculiar, but sometimes even now when the telephone rings, I still think it’s going to be mum ringing me to tell me some gossip about my sister or brother or one of their kids. We used to have such a laugh and although she could be very strict, she was always fair. I couldn’t have wished for a better mum and if I could have my time with her all over again, there is not one thing I would change.
A while ago my sister got married, and although it was a great day, it was always going to be tinged with sadness that our mum couldn’t be us.
I caught up with my sister a few weeks after her wedding and as we were talking about things, she told me that she had worn some of mum’s jewellery on her wedding day and I told her that I had too.
Mum owned some beautiful silver bracelets and her collection of silver rings was absolutely amazing. For me though her silver necklaces are the most precious and I always try to make sure I wear a different one each day. It somehow makes me feel close to mum and proud to have been her daughter.