Raise a glass/cup

Hard to believe how quickly time goes. It was a year ago today that my mum was taken into hospital, and never came home.

Anyway, we got to dads nice & early this morning for a day spent eating a pub lunch, trotting round garden centres, waiting for him to try different shirts on (cotton traders sales are irresistible to the over 70s apparently) then replacing his windscreen wiper before a long natter over cups of tea.

Strange but nice day in which the 'M' word was never mentioned but was no doubt on all of our minds. It seemed to keep him more upbeat that way and J9 always seems to know exactly what to say to put a smile on his face. She really has been fantastic over the last 12 months.

Sometimes things don't need to be spoken about just felt.