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My beautiful Mum died one year ago today. ✨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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While the anniversary of a death is a sad occasion and there have definitely been a few tears shed over the past weeks, today I just feel grateful that I was lucky enough to be her daughter.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Marie was a pretty incredible woman in lots of ways. She was kind, selfless, generous, patient, joyful, ever-positive and full of grace. She was a woman of action, always willing to lend a hand or join a committee and get things done. She would drop everything (well, other than golf) to help out her kids or look after grandchildren, and somehow just knew what we needed. A few weeks before I was due to have our second baby, I remember Mum appearing on the doorstep to clear out the second bedroom so that we had somewhere for Charlie to sleep.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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I know that I am a better Mum for having been mothered by her. Marie loved each of her seven children for exactly who they are (okay, maybe aside from a few subtle hints on areas of improvement every now and again 😏) and welcomed all the daughters and sons-in-law and her 21 grandchildren in the same way. Through her stellar example, Mum taught me about gratitude and patience, how to embrace imperfection and live in the moment, and to love my family with all my being.⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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She had seven children, so frankly my Mum was a saint well before her time 😏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Marie Joy, thank you for all the gifts you gave your family in your lifetime, and the ones that continue even without your physical presence. You are always with us. 💛 ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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#Mamagrief #bereaveddaughter #rememberingmarie #griefmilestone #griefandloss #anniversary #missingmymama

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💛 I'm sorry I've been quiet. I've found it hard to find the right words.

I wanted to jump in and wish you a happy new year, but it feels remiss of me to do so when so many people are suffering in the devastating bushfires around our country.
We are so thankful to live so far away from where the fires are currently blazing. As we sit here in Brisbane, on a balmy, blue sky day (it's currently 26 degrees as I type this), it seems weird to be carrying on with normal life and school holidays while this tragedy unfolds in other parts of the nation.

I'm not sure about you, but the bushfires consume much of my thoughts, energy and emotion at the moment even though we're far away.
So I guess I just wanted to check in and see how YOU are?
Here's what I'm trying to focus on at the moment, just in case this helps you in any way... 💛 The incredible Australian spirit. In spite of immense hardship, Australians manage to rally together and there are so many stories of heroism and bravery - of firefighters, volunteers and every day people working together to fight fires, to rescue humans and wildlife, and to support those who are struggling. 💛 The kindness of strangers. I see the teams of people working together to get supplies to the impacted areas and evacuation centres. I see complete strangers camped out together, looking after each other and sharing food and scarce resources. I see incredible fundraising efforts all around the world (how amazing is that Celeste Barber fundraiser - currently at over $30M!!) and businesses donating 100% of their proceeds towards bushfire relief. I see people opening up their homes to welcome those who need a bed to sleep in. 💛 Sharing the love. We can easily get drawn into the blame game, the finger pointing and the negativity - especially with the constant social media stream. We ABSOLUTELY need to have big and difficult conversations about this tragedy and what action each of US can take to ensure it doesn't happen again, but please don't get caught up in sharing hate speech. That doesn't help anyone. Be kind, share the love. 💛 (cont’d in comments)

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It’s always interesting what comes out in the #top9 posts for the year.
Overwhelmingly, I see the theme of grief threaded through these images. We began 2019 losing my Mum, then Ben’s stepdad Stuart died in July, and scattered throughout the year we had Nicholas’ 7th birthday without him and acknowledged our 3rd anniversary of his death. (And our magical boy always manages to get in a number of our Top 9 images, even though he’s not physically here 😉😍). Thank you for all the love, laughter and lessons, 2019. It’s been a year with so much growth and I’m grateful for all I have learned, even if the process has been uncomfortable at times.

Tomorrow may be the first day of the new year and new decade, but every day is a new chance to shine, to show kindness, to find joy and to start over. Each day we are given is a gift.

May 2020 bring all you dream of. ✨

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