One year without you, Mum. ❤️
A whole year has passed since we said goodbye, yet there are still moments when it feels like it was only yesterday.
The last time I saw you, you were no longer able to recognise me. That was one of the hardest and most heartbreaking moments I have ever experienced. I knew that it was the dementia that had taken away those memories, but knowing that didn't make it any easier to accept.
Even though you could no longer remember who I was, I never forgot who you were — my Mum.
I choose to remember you not as you were in those final years, but as the mother I knew and loved for so many years before dementia slowly took pieces of you away. I remember your voice, your smile, your love, and the many memories we shared.
Time may soften the pain, but it can never take away the love. I will always be grateful that you were my mother, and I will carry your memory with me for the rest of my life.
One year has passed, but you are never forgotten.
Forever loved, forever missed, and forever my Mum.
Rest peacefully, Mum.
Until we meet again.
