As you know it was the anniversary of Dad’s death last week, Mum coped really well. I phoned her on the night and she was really cheerful, laughing with my Aunt. She said, “Oh Anna, this one date is no more important than all the other days in the year. I miss him every day.”Then last night, I phoned her to hear great sobbing at the other end of the phone. She had been away at my Aunt’s last week and that I believe that had helped her cope with the annivesary. When she returned home, she was engulfed with loneliness, depression …read more

Yesterday I posted about the anniversary of my Dad’s death and as normal you have all been wonderful with your words of comfort. When I was writing a reply to Mary, I said
“Oh Mary,……..but in achieving all that, I sacrificed time with the man who will always be my inspiration. …..Oh Mary why do we have to have hindsight afterwards!!!!”
 Afterwards I was thinking about life in general and knowing that life would have been so much better if
 I had foresight to see what was going to happen!
I had the ability to see my hindsight at the time of the initial …read more