Music accompanied Muriel's life and was a source of happiness, light, comfort and solace. Hope that you will enjoy the selection in the following link: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0DnmnXh4x3tgro5ybKRDoA?si=VcQQOba8RhSOfLGbX_n9MA

Muriel, Mum, Nanna - 21 November 2023 It has taken me a while to write this! Words cannot be found to express how great your loss is and will grow to be! Only now looking back through some of the pictures do I realize how many memories we created throughout the years and, for the most part, how much fun and laughter we had! We talked A LOT! Our regular two hour conversations that switched between politics, current affairs, memories of Jamaica, fashion, Kate and Wills, social injustice - basically everything and anything and nothing in particular. I miss those talks, as I miss our ability to transform a weekend breakfast into brunch, lunch and afternoon tea! Above all, I will miss your smile! No-one has a better smile! I will miss your ability to find humour in every situation and to laugh at things a lady of your age probably shouldn't laugh about! I will miss your ability to tell someone to 'sod-off' just with a look! It is true that over the last months, the illness took away our talks, it took away your beautiful (perfectly written) daily text messages, it took away your perfect score card with every single TV game show ...it eventually took away your voice! At times, the illness took over you and filled you overwhelmingly with fear, a sense of being 'lost' and emptiness; it took away your movement and rendered your body a painful and useless instrument. I know that in your moments of lucidity this was all but too much to bear and it was difficult to find words of solace and comfort. However, the memory of the struggle, especially of these awful last 4-5 months, will not overshadow the decades of wonderful memories we created; and for however difficult the struggle was to witness and to try to assist, being as much by your side as possible was one of the best decisions I made...actually, there was little to decide, it just had to be! They say that "IF you are lucky, no-one will ever love you as much as your mum" ... well, I was one of the lucky ones! You can rest now Sweetie - miss you ever so much, love you infinitely! Joy x

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