.. and it helped to make it Ok as we said goodbye by to my Mum earlier today.
As I am sure you can imagine (and many of you know from first hand experience) a day of overwhelming experiences and emotions. A very fleeting taste...
More hugs than I have ever had in any one day
Beautiful spring flowers - vibrant yellow, purple and green
Words and words and they don't go into your head and compute to sense
A sea of faces as you leave the church "all these people"
Where is Mum - she should be here, she would just love this...
I wonder how Ella is getting on in the CT and MRI scanner (she didn't make it out of hospital for the event and quite frankly my mum would have been mad as a box of frogs if she had - "what are you thinking of, stay here and get better!")
and you are?................
My Dads steady hand on my back as we sang "Lord of all hopefulness...."
Is this really happening?
It was just the day my Mum had planned in the event it had to happen.
" On the night Mum left us, I happened to hear the cathedral bells ring out - they sounded clear, loud, in tune, familiar, traditional, reassuring and celebratory - they sounded like "our mum".
All the right decisions were made by Ella and in hindsight backed by us.......... It was a lovely day attended by so many close friends which we will never forget.......thanks to ........... ( Uncle ) Jim
ReplyDeleteA beautiful day to remember for ever - nice words Jo
ReplyDeleteJust reading through this Jo felt for you. Also the same day as my Mum's celebration of her long life!
ReplyDeleteA Merchant Navy Commendation and Committal so perfect and yes, she would have loved the Ex Merchant Navy padre who conducted the simple but beautiful event.
Jayne S xx