That Was The Week That Was — 12th July 2026

“Can you come to the care home?” “What’s wrong?” “We’d rather not say on the phone” With these words on Tuesday afternoon I knew my Mum had died. The day before we had been out together, laughing so hard people were looking at us as we ate our scones and cream which my Mum, as usual, said were “gorgeous.” After my Dad died in 2007 my Mum had lived with my Sister, doing an amazing job looking after…