Elaine Lepine

I wake up this morning and it's still dark outside....thinking...of you Mum. I know you had pain ....I know you had always been strong, good and wonderful through all the years of being my mum. It was difficult, I know, when dad passed, the years you lived and coped without him. Mum, I take a breath but it hurts...it really hurts mum now that you are gone.

Your son, your daughter, son, daughter...all together, all sharing, wishing you were still here. Your chair, the photos: weddings, grandchildren, you and dad. The little trinkets/gifts we gave you ... still here. Rewind, please Mum...rewind so I can replay our youth, our phone calls, our visits when we hugged and kissed ... if I could redo my life with you, if we could just rewind and try....again, please mum .....I miss you.

It is still early morning...it's dark outside...as I sit here...remembering our last time we spoke... thank you mum...it means so much...our last talk...and being able to say: " I love you".. mum. Julie