Today is about Mary

One year ago I was lying beside Mum, listening to her breathing, and not knowing I was spending the last three hours with her….

Today is about Mum ‘Mary’ I will spend the day doing things she and I liked to do!

Unfortunately that doesn’t include: exploring Paris, hanging out in cafes in Senglea ‘Malta’, taking the ferry to Gozo, or going to charity shops. (Public holiday they are closed)

I will go get a coffee, from wild bean, and stroll to the Beach, sit on the bench and relax for five minutes as we did most weekend days!

Little did we know what was ahead of us after Mum left us, with lockdowns and limitations left, right and centre! So glad she didn’t have to go through all that!

There has been little time for reflection or mourning the loss of my beautiful mum, one of my best friends throughout my life and my support and sounding board when times got tough!

I don’t think I appreciated my parents until I was one, then life is so busy that the next thirty years just seems to disappear!

However filled with some wonderful memories of the adventures Mum shared with us….family holidays (when the boys were young) in Rarotonga, Fiji, Samoa, Gold Coast, Cairns… and later, with Russ and I, several excursions to Europe; France and Malta!

Mum spend the last 13 years living with Russ and I and our Boys…before moving to Maygrove for a couple…and we were blessed to have her support and mediation skills as the boys were growing up into young men.

She shared the good times, the not so good times, and we all came out the other side, one big happy family!

Mum, since you’ve been gone, the world is a different place, the boys have moved in different directions to get on with their lives, and family gatherings are a non event! But most of all I just miss your kindness!