After struggling with a terminal diagnosis of leukaemia for the past 6 months my mother, Elisabeth, died on the 5th of April 2013 in England.

Her funeral was extremely moving for me and Simon, her partner of the past 20 years, as well as all that attended. Everyone said it was the funeral my mother would have herself wanted.

The wake afterward was Irish-style where we celebrated her wonderful life and all the people she touched deeply.