ANOTHER ENDING

Another chapter has closed. Yesterday we handed back they keys to mum's unit and the last thing we took out significantly was my little stool which I'd had since we were little children.

This is the third house each of us has moved since November this year. Cries for us to become professional movers are being ABSOLUTELY IGNORED!! Oh ok then at a million dollars a move we might consider another one.

Mum's health is failing. Yesterday and today she barely spoke. She can of course not walk and she communicates mostly by hand movements. She asked us to speak to her as she didn't have the energy to speak, it really darins her. When we had nothing else new to tell mum we started singing to her. We sing, and she marks time with her fingers and attempts to clap when we finish, to show her appreciation. She's just gorgeous. The other day she was able to join in but not today. She can barely take phone calls, and the hospital is limiting visitors to 15 minutes. Some days she can have neither.

However she remains so quick minded. I was showing her one of my pathetic paintings from childhood which I'd dated 1969 and I was working out how old I was and in an instant she called out the correct age!

Mum closes her eyes and rests a lot and she assures us she is not in any pain... as she'd hoped her end would be. Peaceful and pain free.

I've really enjoyed the time with Loretta and it will be sad to leave tomorrow.


Tomorrow is going to be very hard as it will probably be the last time I will ever see Mum as I am leaving for Singapore at dawn on Friday. My family needs me back home for a while and then I'll come back. I haven't seen George since February. Mya left yesterday with Brett who has gone to Singapore to look for a new career somewhere in Asia. He said she was "an absolute pleasure to travel with". (thank goodness) She always insists on flying in her Singapore Air crew uniform, so they had crew fluttering around them all the time - much to Brett's delight (like father like son). When they said "How cute, Brett was hoping they were directing that comment to him not Mya.

I've tried to balance giving Mya child quality time and time with her grandmother. She has been a sterling little girl with her granmother. They have shared many special times together these last 13 months.


As I have no more Internet till I get back to Singapore,. Best wishes for your health and happiness - nothing else counts much.


P.S. Please keep watching the blog for information on Mum as I'll be in another whirlwind as soon as I hit Singapore - Beijing the week after and we were headed for Chengdu to hold the panda's next month, but will now cancel. Poor people. We really must be grateful for ALL we have - especially good friends