FROM ALLYSON AS EVERYONE KNOWS I HAVE A TERRIBLE MEMORY, SO MY CHILDHOOD MEMORIES ARE FEW! I AM THEREFORE GOING TO WRITE ABOUT THINGS THAT ARE TO ME, MEMORABLE! MUMS APPETITE- SHE COULD EAT ANYONE UNDER THE TABLE AND WAS RENOWNED FOR HER EATING ABILITY. VISITS TO SHOPS ALWAYS ENDED IN A COFFEE BREAK COMPLETE WITH CAKES AND I NEVER CAME HOME WITHOUT THAT LITTLE SOMETHING TO GO WITH HER TEA! SHE LOVED MY BBQ’S AND IF SHE COULDN’T EAT THE HUGE PLATEFUL SHE WOULD HAVE IT NEXT DAY THE TOASTER WAS IN USE SEVERAL TIMES A DAY WITH THE DOGS GETTING THEIR SHARE SHE HAD NO FEAR, AND CAME ON EVERY TOUR WE EVER ORGANISED, EVEN OFF-ROADING! SHE WANTED TO WING WALK AS HER 80TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT! SHE LOVED OUR DOGS WITH ALL HER HEART AND THEY LIVED THEIR LIVES IN HER HOME MUCH TO THE DETRIMENT OF TWO LARGE RUGS AND A NIGHTMARE FOR CLEANING! SHE WAS A PAIN IN THE BUTT SOMETIMES HAVING LITTLE PATIENCE, EVERYTHING NEEDED TO BE DONE YESTERDAY. EVEN HER FUNERAL SHE ARRANGED COMPLETELY! IN FACT IF SHE COULD ,SHE WOULD PROBABLY FIND SOMETHING NOT RIGHT TODAY! BUT SHE WAS MY MUM, WARTS AND ALL AND I LOVED HER. I WILL MISS HER VOICE, I WILL MISS HER LAUGHTER, I WILL MISS HER STORIES, I WILL EVEN MISS HER REPRIMANDS AND I KNOW THE DOGS MISS HER .ALREADY MY HOME IS A LITTLE EMPTIER, OUR LIVES ARE A LITTLE EMPTIER, PART OF US HAS GONE WITH HER, BUT WHEN I AWAKE IN THE MORNING LIGHT, SHE WILL BE THERE, IN THE FLOWERS AND TREES, IN THE SOFT BREEZE. I BELIEVE DEATH IS A DOORWAY AND OUR SPIRIT CONTINUES SOMEHOW, SO MUM STAND BY ME, CAUSE I DON’T ALWAYS GET IT RIGHT, BE MY GUIDING HAND AND KNOW THAT YOU WILL NOT BE FORGOTTEN- EVER. YOU HAVE LEFT MY CHILDREN WITH PRIDE IN THEIR HEARTS FOR HAVING KNOWN YOU AND YOU KNOW HOW CONNOR ALWAYS HELPED YOU-HE WILL NOT FORGET. YOUR MEMORY WILL BE CHERISHED. BE AT PEACE NOW MUM, YOUR DAY IS DONE, BUT YOUR LIFE CONTINUES IN YOUR OFFSPRING WHO I KNOW WILL MAKE YOU PROUD.