So that's that...

When I wrote the blog about losing my mum in 2012 I had no idea it would be 4 days into the year. It was quite sudden, but we knew it was coming which helped a bit. What also helped me immensely was that it was not drawn out, that she did not spend months in agony rotting away in a hospital bed. That is no small comfort that she was spared that. I won't say much more, losing a parent is very emotional.

I found out in November that my wife is pregnant. Mum knew and was delighted. The day we went for the ultrasound scan was very hard. On one hand we have this wonderful thing happening but it made it even so hard that my mum didn't live to see even the scan photos. She would have loved that. It's funny how things work out and from many conversations I've had since then it seems that this sort of thing happens very often . It makes you wonder...