UPDATE dec 2012

Last June Mum had a bad fall. She was untangling washing which came apart suddenly causing her to sit heavily and to bang her head on the floor. At this time she had a small brain bleed which wasn’t detected until months later. The pain in her spine never really went away.

 In August, my sister-in-law found her on the floor after a second fall and she was hospitalised for two weeks.

 Her pain increased and in November she went to hospital again. While there, her lungs began to fill with fluid. Tests showed cancer cells and despite treatment she deteriorated quickly.

 Her grandchildren, great grandchildren, and her three great great grandchildren all flocked to her bedside.

Owen, Larry and I stayed with her throughout. Our son lifted me onto the bed to give her a last hug. We hugged for a long time.

She left us finally on 20th Nov., 6 weeks from turning 100.




I'm sorry there has been this big gap in my writing. I hope to resume now.