Hi All

I just wanted to let you know that my Mum passed away on Monday last week. We were grateful that in the end it was relatively painless. She had a stroke on Saturday 25th and died two days later.

Mum developed Rheumatoid Arthritis about 50 years of age, and was very badly affected with multiple complications and surgeries and hospitalizations. She never let this define her and continued living a full active life until about three years ago when she did start to decline after a fall whilst at a wedding in Wales.

My parents made the call last year to sell their home and farm and move to a villa in a Retirement Village. We had a joint goodbye to the farm and 50th wedding party in March.

Somewhat ironically their house was supposed to settle on Friday 31st and they were planning to move on the 30th. Instead we had the funeral on that day. The farm did settle, the house is in probate, and Dad had to move alone into the villa yesterday. Luckily he is a fit 79 year old who is robust as losing his wife, home, farm and handing his farmdog on to the new farmer is a big week in anyone's books.

I am at peace with the situation but it was a very tough week last week.

Here are a few pics that we showed at the funeral.

1) wedding 1969
2) Mum and baby Sally 1972?
3) Sister, Mum and Sally at a wedding 1991
4) My son's 5th birthday 2007
5) 50th wedding party this year 2019 (in the background the wedding dress is displayed for the party)

I did a eulogy and wore the below outfit - thanks to YLF feedback last year I felt confident and did not have to worry about clothing at this stressful time. I wore an opal ring and a gold necklace that Mum handed over two or three years ago.