Leaving

The one dark spot on an otherwise bright weekend was getting the sad news on Sunday that Rita's mum had passed away. Ironically this was Mum's birthday; she's now a cheerful ninety-one having just successfully recorded, watched and deleted an entire programme on the machine we bought for her at Christmas.

We're just back from the wake for Mrs Peeris at Rita's brother's house. She was battling pneumonia, diabetes and Parkinson's at the end having been in hospital since January. Thankfully she looked peaceful and had left for her long home with a loving family to send her on her way.