On Saturday, 31st December 2011,
we did what we had been trying to do for the last the last few weeks,
and we brought our mam home.

Not the way we wanted to of course, but the way it had to be,
we could not believe how many people came to see our mam,
to see her and to say goodbye to her.

She would have loved the attention, and even in death
although serene, she had the smallest hint of a smile on her face,
it was just right, she looked exactly like her,
and it gave us peace.

We had her at home for two days, because of the bank holiday,
weekend, we had to get special permission for a monday burial,
because Dad has dialysis on a tuesday thankfully it was agreed,
So on monday morning, our Mam took her final journey,
to the church, where we held a beautiful simple ceremony,
and it gladdened our hearts to see so many friends and family there.

Then we brought her to her final resting place, in the grave where
she had buried her baby daughter 44 years ago, and there we left her,
with the birds chirping over her head, and the bright sky above her,
in a country graveyard, were of course she would never be happy,
as she was not with us, but we knew she would be at peace and
content.

God bless you mam, love you always,

Maria.