***HAPPY EASTER***

Wishing all of my followers, friends and visitors a peaceful and restful Easter weekend.

Easter is a time of re-birth and gives hope for a new beginning. The weather hasn't quite been what we all expected to see at this time of the year but life goes on and we will see the sun and we will have warmer days ahead.

Just like Christmas, there is a reason for the season.

Have a blessed one. I am off to make some Hot Cross Buns - Paul Hollywood style. Ü

God Be With You 'Til We Meet Again - Mum!

Monday was the day we said goodbye to my mum and she had the most wonderful send off in her long awaited coach and horses funeral.

Despite my faith and beliefs - LDS , it is still hard to believe that my mum has finally gone. At almost 99, I thought she was going to live forever! I do know that one day, we shall be reunited again and I shall be longing for that day.

En route to the funeral, I had a call from a friend to say that she had some sad news! She told me that my daughter's best friend from childhood had died! She died of MRSA and double pneumonia!  It was a terrible shock. The young woman was just 38 and had 4 children!

It has been a sad week for our family but one of many happy memories too. It has brought home to me that we never know when our time is up and we need to make the most of it while we are here.

Hug your loved ones and be kind, for we all have our burdens to bear and need to be shown love.

Have a good weekend yourselves and stay warm,

Rest in peace mum!

My dear old mum passed away peacefully this morning. She had a heart attack on Tuesday night and I thought she would come through it but not this time! She has suffered so much since being in her 90s - 2 broken hips and a broken arm and numerous falls hitting her head on most occasions.

She would have been 99 in May, which is so hard to believe. It was selfishness on my part - willing her to live to be 100!  It feels to me like I have been 'severed' from my mum for the 2nd time in my life!


I am thankful that I went to see her yesterday in the hospital for the last time & she is now reunited with her own mum who died giving birth to her. A remarkable lady of determination and strength. My mum the Iron Lady.

She will have her 'dying wish' - a coach and horses for her funeral. My mum is going out in style. Ü Bless her...She has waited 98 years for this.

Being that she - and myself and 2 other siblings were born in Fulham and are Fulham football supporters, we shall be having a black and white themed funeral. It's gonna be a ball!