Mom you was always blunt & honest, sometimes that was good, sometimes bad... Mom I'm sorry for when I was a teenager I'm very grateful that when my life properly started When I became a mother that I had you Because we got close I love Mom & I hope you know

Dear Kath, When I met your daughter, I didn’t realise I’d be meeting an incredible woman in yourself. Your daughter has told me so many stories of how you have been her rock all her life. For this I’m truly grateful. You raised a wonderful, caring, kind & loving daughter and all credit must go to you for that. The moment we met it was so surreal how you accepted me and didn’t judge me or ask to many questions you just made me feel welcome and for this I am truly honoured. Over the past 6 years I have known you we have faced challenges in different ways but with communication and your wisdom we have overcome all. I’m truly grateful for all the kind words you have said to me our continuous chats concerning sport have given us a mutual base to start any conversation. We have had our football banter you with Arsenal myself with Liverpool, we have both cursed our teams many times during a season but ultimately our passion for the game allowed us to connect via the simplest of ways. Ultimately what I guess I want to say is I didn’t think I would ever feel the way I did. You are born with one mum and dad in this world but you became a mother to me but also so much more, a friend who didn’t judge me on my past but took me on how you saw me now. The pain and hurt with the feeling of us no longer having those conversations will truly be a miss thank you for everything god bless you. May you now be at peace. You are always in our hearts and never forgotten and I promise to you we will always speak about you and celebrate you for as long as we shall live We will now live with the immense love you have left behind Regards B

Love you mom and so sorry to see you go. We’ll all be there on the 14th to say our goodbyes.