Coping With Loss of A Mother From Opposite Ends of the World
I never imagined that it would end this way
In June 2020, I lost my mum. I know the loss of a mother is a common experience, but let me tell you what was different.
You will recall wherever you were living in the world that there was a global pandemic (there still is) with lockdowns effective in many countries at the time.
This was significant because I live in the UK and my parents were in New Zealand.
We couldn’t physically be any further apart (well we could if I lived in Spain like my sister because that is the furthest place from New Zealand).
I never thought it would end this way you see.
My friends always asked me if I had thought ahead and what I would do now that my parents were getting elderly. They were in their early 80’s by this time.
Our family was scattered around the world. With me in the UK, my sister in Spain, and my brother in Canada. Our younger sister had been living in New Zealand, but we lost her too several years ago, and that is another story.
