So sorry for your loss, PinkFinal. Lost my mum aged 72 just 2 months ago, somewhat suddenly although she had been deteriorating these past few years. She was an amazing woman, raised the 4 of us boys herself since our Dad died from Cancer when I was 14 (I'm the eldest). Since I moved to the States some 20 years ago I didn't get to see her as often as I would have liked, but was able to convince here to fly over to see us and her grandkids for a couple of weeks around Halloween last year. She literally passed away 10 days after she got back home to Manchester. I knew in my heart when we hugged goodbye at the airport it would be the last hug from my mum.
I feel extremely blessed that we all got to see her that last time, and it eases the pain to a degree, but I still have those sudden pangs of grief and the "I still can't believe she's not here" moments. It's especially hard driving to work every morning. I have about a 30 minute drive and would call my mum at least 2, sometimes 3 times a week and we'd chat the whole way. I miss that the most.
Flying over for her funeral this past Christmas was tough, very tough. It was so heartwarming though to see not only my 3 brothers but so many old family and friends that I hadn't seen for almost 2 decades. That in itself brought tears to my eyes. She was so, so loved. Whilst we were over for the funeral I got lucky and was able to snag a bunch of seats for the Tottenham game. I took all the family out to the match that night, their first ever for my 2 little ones, and we sang, cheered, drank and laughed. She would have been so, so happy seeing us all together like that, her 4 boys whom she doted on her whole life re-united at that moment. That, for us, was the perfect sendoff.
