Preparation

14 th October

Today is Mum's funeral

This has been a tumultuous week. Arranging Mum's funeral wasn't too difficult because she had done most of the planning right down to the Eulogy! We selected the coffin and flowers with the undertaker and confirmed with the minister the order of service. I combed the unit for photos of Mum over the years and was quite frustrated not knowing were to look. The following day when we started to clean out the unit we found photos everywhere! 

Mum had every nook and cranny crammed with things, clothes, shoes, photos, magazines, books etc. it has been a journey down memory lane for us all. It was so lovely finding photos of the young Edna and Alex.  It is very clear that Mum had remained beautiful all her life,  her youthful attitude, kindness and happy nature were reflected in her face as she grew older. 

This experience is also a lesson in decluttering especially clothes. Mum had never thrown much out that is for sure. I found a dress she had worn in a photo twenty years ago and there was more than one!