Rich Smith
23-03 2021 12:18
wrote:
15 April 2020 our Hearts were broken, sudden and almost out of the blue mum was gone and not being able to say goodbye breaks my heart everyday. Thankfully I managed to travel back during this pandemic. Mum looked so peaceful and I’m so grateful I managed to hold her hand for that last time.
Mum was always addressed as Mother not Mum, mainly because she always addressed me with my proper name Michael due to my bad behaviour or winding her up a little to far. I was going to say in my teenage years but actually I think my entire life this has been going on. I’m going to miss being called Michael as only mum was aloud to call me by such name.
Mother was also used as a sign of respect which I had bags of for mum. She was so kind and thoughtful, full of life, a great listener, a friend and most importantly an amazing mum and Grannie to her 3 granddaughters.
Though I was a wild child mum guided me through life on the correct path. She taught me to follow all her values, she was always there for me even though I lived afar. Any set backs in my life mum always had a solution or guidance to get me back on track
As rich said. I’m going to miss looking through mums cupboards. Finding groceries stamped in Deutschmarks with NAAFI tags circa 1990. Mum couldn’t throw anything away and she would have been well prepared for this pandemic. This showed more so when we had the painstaking task of sorting out mums affairs. So much shite but it was as mum always said was her shite.
The day I heard mum had died I was working alone in western Finland. I had the hardest drive home I have ever encountered. On this drive this allusive Elk I have been hoping to see in the wild for years was standing proud (picture postcard) perched tall looking down from the cliff side straight at me. I’m not one for believing in reincarnation but from that day on I can’t eat elk. I find this animal quite fitting for mum.
We have lost an amazing Mum and the grandchildren have been robbed of the best Grannie they could have had
Always in our hearts xxxxx
Rich Smith
23-03 2021 12:18
wrote:
15 April 2020 our Hearts were broken, sudden and almost out of the blue mum was gone and not being able to say goodbye breaks my heart everyday. Thankfully I managed to travel back during this pandemic. Mum looked so peaceful and I’m so grateful I managed to hold her hand for that last time.
Mum was always addressed as Mother not Mum, mainly because she always addressed me with my proper name Michael due to my bad behaviour or winding her up a little to far. I was going to say in my teenage years but actually I think my entire life this has been going on. I’m going to miss being called Michael as only mum was aloud to call me by such name.
Mother was also used as a sign of respect which I had bags of for mum. She was so kind and thoughtful, full of life, a great listener, a friend and most importantly an amazing mum and Grannie to her 3 granddaughters.
Though I was a wild child mum guided me through life on the correct path. She taught me to follow all her values, she was always there for me even though I lived afar. Any set backs in my life mum always had a solution or guidance to get me back on track
As rich said. I’m going to miss looking through mums cupboards. Finding groceries stamped in Deutschmarks with NAAFI tags circa 1990. Mum couldn’t throw anything away and she would have been well prepared for this pandemic. This showed more so when we had the painstaking task of sorting out mums affairs. So much shite but it was as mum always said was her shite.
The day I heard mum had died I was working alone in western Finland. I had the hardest drive home I have ever encountered. On this drive this allusive Elk I have been hoping to see in the wild for years was standing proud (picture postcard) perched tall looking down from the cliff side straight at me. I’m not one for believing in reincarnation but from that day on I can’t eat elk. I find this animal quite fitting for mum.
We have lost an amazing Mum and the grandchildren have been robbed of the best Grannie they could have had
Always in our hearts xxxxx
