15/08/2025
Today marks ten years since my Dad died. The hours, then days and weeks that followed were hard. My Mum was weakened by the same pneumonia that took my Dad and from caring for him in his final year, so I thought she would slip away too.
Bu instead she’s gone from strength to strength and shown she is resilient without measure. These years have gifted me the chance to know her better, appreciate her more and learn to soften rather than bristle when we don’t see eye-to-eye. To look for the common ground and not get caught up on differences. It’s been a humbling period of healing, learning, growing and strengthening to allow softening. Sharing time with her today was a most precious gift ❤️
