Mum

 

 

Quick Synops

 

Nickname (s):  Robbie, Mumma, Doris

Interesting Factoid:  Mum has several gold teeth

Notorious For:  Her wonderfully infectious laugh

How we met:  In the delivery room

What I love about Mum:  The thing that I love best about Mum is she is very herself all the time, which is refreshing, many put on different persona's depending on how their own personal mood is and depending on who they are with.  Not Mum.  She could be with the Queen of England and still be herself.  I appreciate her bravery.  She met the love of her life, John, her husband, over the phone in unlikely circumstances.  She found out through this, and consequent conversations, that he was very sick with cancer.  Despite the fact that she didn't know him and that he lived in the middle of the outback in Alice Springs, Australia Mum decided she needed to go and meet this man.  So she hoped on a plane and did.  How brave.  She decided to extend her stay for another few months and was his carer as he went through recovery.  Not many people would have this story, but Mum does.   

Mum also has been there for me several times when no one else was - she supported me in and through a previous relationship when others didn't, and she also was integral in Gary and my connection strengthen soon after we first met.  I could not travel to the US because the government wouldn't give me a visa and Gary didn't have the cash to travel - Mum stepped right up to the plate and purchased his travel so we could be together because she knew it was something that was important to me.  It was another time in my life where the decisions I was making and the direction I was going in was not so popular with all, but she stood by me and supported me and I wont ever forget that.  Thanks Mum.

What I want Mum to know: Thank you for giving me life and for the support you have always given me,  I'm very lucky to have you in "my corner" and I love you lots.