I'm Back!

Today is the day a year ago I got the call from the hospital at 4:30am to say my Mother had lost her fight for life and passed away. I can still feel that stunned emotional pause and the realisation that being the first to know meant I was going to have to deliver the sad news to everyone else. I still remember collecting her most meaningful items in plastic bags and leaving the ward without her. A crushing day, the worst day of my life.

Today is a new day, and means that a year has passed, a difficult and very painful year. A year where I swear that when needed she has been by my side giving me strength through the difficult times.

Mum loved the sun and the crisp mornings England offers, so this shot seemed apt. Beautiful blue sky with a little fluffy cloud, brilliant sunshine illuminating the frost covered glass of the greenhouse and silhouetting the nakedness of the tree's laden with buds. We are nearing the end of the cold winter and entering the new beginnings which Spring brings, new life, fresh growth and the summer to follow. Time for me to return to my old self, do the things I've had to neglect and get back to the things that I love, the things that are me ... which includes getting back to Blip!