On a serious note...

It's six years to the day when my mum died...
Six years seems such a short time... since then I got married, had a son, and lots more besides... It seems a lifetime away, but I'm raising a glass to her tonight. She had suffered for a long time with Alzheimer's disease, and though it sounds a tad callous, the end was almost a relief.

She had been ill for a long time, while I was going through my 'formative' years, and the scars it left on my family I'm only starting to realise...

For a long time I struggled with having good memories of what she was like before she was struck down, but recently I had the most vivid recollection of a fancy dress costume she made for me when I was about 6. It was a brilliant design, and won me a prize at my school at easter.

Anyway, enough of my personal life... on with the fun and frivolity


Thanks for everything Marion... Cheers!