Tag: Mum

Tears Stream Down My Face on My Mother’s 70th Birthday

March 4, 2025

Today is a good time for me to re-share this picture of my Mum from a little over 20 years ago, shortly before she turned 50. Mum should’ve been 70 today, but instead her life was cut far too short due to pancreatic cancer, which she was diagnosed with not long after her 50th birthday. … More Tears Stream Down My Face on My Mother’s 70th Birthday

Three Weeks on the Road, Following My Mum’s Legacy

August 25, 2017

Apart from visiting many members of my extended family in late 2007, to introduce them to my husband and new son (then not-quite-one), I hadn’t really made much effort to connect with them in person (unless I happened to be in Washington DC/Virginia, which wasn’t too far from family I have in Virginia). It wasn’t … More Three Weeks on the Road, Following My Mum’s Legacy