2019 The Year that is

2019  what a year  Dion would have been 30 years old.  Imagine that 30 years since I held that newborn baby boy for the first time.

The year has gone by so fast, and so much has happened since I last wrote a blog,  We had to move Nana from Adelaide to Brisbane in 2016.  Time was taking its toll on her health and wellbeing, so she decided to sell up and go spend some time with Renate and her daughters.  Her health started to get better, but only for a short time.  In September 2015 Aunty Barbara passed away, I knew then that maybe the other Lord girls would go,  in February 2017 Aunty Grace passed away, given the state of mum's health we couldn't really tell her, only to find out 2 days later that mum had a serious fall. resulting in 2 massive brain bleeds.  The funeral on 10 Feb I had to inform Aunty Dot, of what happened, Dot being the eldest of the Lord children, it was heartbreaking to tell her that she may be the last one of her family alive. I flew up to Brisbane I did not know if mum was going to be alive or not when I got there. I stayed until early March and mum's health had got better, but the fall and injury had accelerated her dementia.  In June 2017 Aunty Dot had a stroke and was placed in a nursing home, eventually, in October 2017 Aunty Dot passed away.  The day after finding out that news I had to make the decision to Euthanise our much-beloved Maltese Brandy. Again we couldn't tell mum that she had lost her eldest sister, Mum just couldn't comprehend that.  Mum ended up being the last one of her family that came out from England to be alive, and she wasn't even aware of it.  at the end of November 2017 mum suffered a stroke. This was the one that would eventually claim her life.  Mum passed away on 8 December 2017.  So again I was correct in believing mum and her sisters were much closer than they would ever admit. There was no funeral for my mum, she was taken from where she lived, straight to the crematorium.  Her ashes interred at Albany Creek Memorial Park. in and English Garden setting.  When I received my small inheritance I flew up to Brisbane to be there when mum would have had her 85th birthday. I took flowers to the park for her. and it rained and rained.

2018 Roan moved to his father's house.  Albin remarried in October 2018,  In June 2019 he came back home after getting his driver's license.  Eva married Marie on 19 October 2019 and Adam also got his drivers licence. on 17th October.