Mum, you nearly made it to 90! We are so sad to see you go, despite the pain you were always laughing, so funny and completely irreverent.  You were so welcoming of every one, the waifs and strays Annette brought home, the young and the old.  You would feed them and let them stay- do you remember the one with the really smelly feet?!  Life was never easy for you, losing Lorraine was the worst and most difficult thing any parent, mum, could go through and still you kept going, for the rest of us.

You were so strong

Thank you