Today I found out that someone I know lost their mother a few days ago. I met her once and she was funny and seemed lovely.

I guess that’s life, and it’s normal, but it feels like so many people my age have lost parents recently and it doesn’t seem fair somehow. Whether I know them well or never really talked to them much, it always feels like a punch in the gut and I can’t even begin to comprehend the pain they must be in and the thought of having to face life without them.

Next time I’m feeling sorry for myself for some reason or other, I have to remember – really remember, not just tell myself -that I at least have my family, and I am incredibly lucky.

Rest in peace Mrs H.