This afternoon we said our final goodbye to my lovely mum. The service was just as we wanted it to be with a wonderful celebrant, culminating in each family member placing a stem of Lily of the Valley on mum’s coffin (a tradition in France to give Lily of the valley to mothers and loved ones on 1 May). My sister and I managed to make our way through She is Gone by David Harkins and we all let the beautiful music wash over us.
I have signed up to Walk 31 Miles in May to raise money for Dementia UK, who aim to ensure no family should face this awful disease alone. This morning I did my first walk. Dad came with me and we chatted about mum and prepared ourselves for later. We did 2.87km, such a precious time ❤️
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the service was very beautiful and moving, I was glad I could be there. I think this photo is a treasure as you both look lovely. Well done on your walks, this one with your amazing Dad and the others that are to follow. Xxx
A great way to come to terms with your loss, I did similar when we lost our Mum nearly 7 years ago and I always mark her birthday with a challenge. Good luck x
I know France is swamped with muguet but it’s about 2 weeks too soon here. It was really important to me though, so thank goodness for running buddies - one of the Trotters had a small amount in flower in her garden and gave it all to me. What an angel!
Tbh we're swamped full stop right now - two weeks ago we had several nights of temperatures below zero, plus daytime hail and snow. Been raining most of the time since. our muguet consists of two little clusters of leaves and zero flowers. I was tutoring yesterday and the plant in my photo is a gift from my lycéenne's family.
Forgot to say what a beautiful photo that is of you and your Dad 🥰
I’ve seen some of the photos of the hailstorms. Just awful, especially in the east of the country 🥲 We have gone from 5c and rain to 20c and sunshine in 2 days. Crazy!
Mr S took the photo. It probably is the best one of us we’ve had for a long time!
Sadly we are 3 hours away, so visits are not as often as we would perhaps like (although we’d never survive living close to each other 😂😂) He does pretty well for 88. I’m encouraging him to walk more now that he could leave the house for longer, as for the last few months he didn’t dare leave mum alone 🥲
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