#mymotherdied — Public Fediverse posts

My day today was huge. Week 17 update:

Mum and her dog Byron were interred together, then I watched my younger sister farewell our brother's remains accompanied by giant southern pelicans at Picnic Point near The Entrance.

At my mother's interment the first thing after the acknowledgement of Country was Chubby Checker's "The Twist" on my Bluetooth speaker. We danced the dance that mum loved and was brilliant at until she was quite an older adult.

My older sister had taken pictures of mum about thirty years ago, printed them out and we looked through them as we took turns filling in the interment hole then sprinkling rose petals at the end.

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12 weeks today and I am having gelato in my mother's honour.

What will you eat that's special this weekend?

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9 weeks since my mother died unexpectedly, coming on the back of long COVID - and now I return to work for the first time in about a year.

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Nine weeks today since my mother died.

I'm energised and overwhelmingly tired by turns, and time is strangely telescoped - her death seems simultaneously much further away and uncomfortably close.

I got dressed up today and spent a bit of time an hour away with a friend on her birthday, I had the genuine pleasure of bringing new dragonflies into her world in the form of a natty tote bag.

The day wore me out, but it was good to get out of the house and spend time with Hubs and Cully.

Wishing you all a gentle weekend.

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