Early in the pre-dawn morning of Saturday the 19th of July in Australia, my sister called me to that our mother had just passed away.
Although deeply sad, the news also offered a form of relief as the last few days and weeks had been especially tough on my mother and those around her. I was reassured to hear that both my sister and our father were coping well in the circumstances.
The funeral will be next week on Wednesday the 30th of July and I am travelling back to the UK this weekend. In an email from my father to those invited to the funeral I read that my mother had asked that people donate to the my rather than buy flowers. An act typical of my mother.
Amongst many things I learnt from my mother the importance of a loving nature, hard work, selflessness, a cool head in adversity, and a slightly cheeky sense of humour.
I hope I can teach my children as well.
I look forward to a time in the not too distant future when my father will be able to join us here in Australia for the road trip we've always promised ourselves around this great brown land.
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