Happy 65th birthday Mummy..
Tomorrow is my mother’s 65 th birthday.. I lost her on July 1 st 2022.. Nothing and I mean NOTHING can prepare you to face the loss of your mother.. It’s a void no one can fill and that’s an understatement.. Anyway, some dates don’t understand absence.. They just arrive silently, demanding to be acknowledged.. Her birthday is one of them.. December month is actually difficult for me.. While the whole world is celebrating the last month of the year and Christmas vibes are in full swing, I’m silently mourning the fact that my mother’s not here and it’s going to be one more Christmas and birthday without her.. But I’m not bitter.. Death in all its cruelty puts things in perspective and you learn that life is too short to hold on to bitterness and grudges.. So today I would like to celebrate the woman who was my first home, my fiercest protector and my quietest strength – all at once.. My mother is the most consistent person I know.. She woul...