May 2013

[Sweder]

Thanks all, and to those who sent e-mails or Pms. The epilogue will be a good deal happier than the denouement, with hugs and laughter, tears and shared memories falling like ticker tape over the next few days.

We spent so much time and energy making sure Mum's last weeks were comfortable and pain-free, we'd lost sight of a long and fulfilled life, one that deserves to be celebrated. We'll put that right this weekend at a family barbecue. We've invited some of the astonishing carers and nurses who worked so hard to make Mum's final days more pleasant and stress-free than we could have hoped. You meet some remarkable people in this life.

Just off out with the hounds for a soggy lope, my first for two weeks. It'll be short and a bit sweaty, but it's exactly what I need just now. Running, as ever, is the answer.
On, on.