LETTER FOR MY MUM
Dearest Mum, I have been wanting to tell you this for a while, but each time it came to the crunch, somehow I could not do it as I knew that I would be in tears and probably you would too and I would make no sense! So I have sat down to put my thoughts into words to express myself better, and no one will care if I cry while doing so:) Forgive me if this is jumbled. I recently learned a lesson I think most children should learn at an early age - "The way to love someone is to realise you could lose them tomorrow". I have always "assumed" that being my mom you would be there for me always, and I took it too much for granted. When you became ill I think it was more of a shock to me than to you, as I suddenly realised that you were not eternal and that I could lose you tomorrow. I know that you are not scared of dying - its ME who is scared of you dying as I cannot for one minute imagine my world without you in it. It was a big shock for me, to know that sometime in the