We only left Perth on 5th March and moved into our new home in Mount Barker on 6th March 2024. Just 3 days later I fell very ill and was in an out of hospital in Mount Barker and Albany over the next few weeks, before they discovered it was actually Shingles (for the 3rd… Continue reading No Birthday & Back to Perth for another Funeral
Another year gone without Kyle and Cash to celebrate Christmas with our family. It’s also my first without my faithful companion, Cebar (12yrs) who went to Rainbow Bridge on 16.10.23 after his fight with bladder cancer. Christmas Day is always busy at Pinnaroo, so we went on Christmas Eve with my Mum and Dad who… Continue reading Christmas 2023 & NY 2024
Another year without my baby boy Kyle (Yes, I know he was a grown up “Man” but he will always be my baby boy regardless!) and without seeing his baby boy, Cash! I tried my best to repair the smashed vase that fits inside the granite urns at Kyle’s Memorial Rock at Pinnaroo, including trying… Continue reading Mother’s Day 14th May 2023
Although we are not religious we do celebrate Easter with the Kids and Grandkids. As we have Daisy (our young French Bulldog Puppy) we have kind of done shifts this year. Vince visited his kids and grandkids on Good Friday and I spent time with Christina and my grandkids on Saturday. But Easter Sunday was… Continue reading Easter 2023
My Mum and Dad, and younger sister, Jacky, came down from Darwin to attend my “Diamond Jubilee” (60th Birthday) and stayed for a week in Perth. During their stay my Dad was very keen to have a family portrait – since it rarely happens that all of his family are together at one time. My… Continue reading Herriott Family Portrait – 22.3.23
Christina had to have a knee operation and wanted to celebrate my birthday ahead of time with me beforehand, so we went to the Ritz Carlton on 28th Feb and were staying overnight. She had all sorts of wonderful surprises for me and really spoilt me, but unfortunately whilst I was crossing the road in… Continue reading YaYa’s “Diamond Jubilee” – 60th Birthday
WOW – It’s hard to believe my Little Gingernut Biscuit is 7 today. I had hoped your mother would have seen reason by now and allowed our family to see you and be involved in your life, especially on such a special day! I often wonder what you look like now, the last time I… Continue reading Cash’s 7th Birthday
The rollercoaster of trying to get on with life in the “new normal” whilst still struggling without Kyle being here with us, or being able to see his son, Cash, continues on this 7th Christmas without him – it just doesn’t get any easier really. That said we do try to still enjoy what was… Continue reading Christmas 2022
Mother’s Day has never really been a big deal for me – especially as my children became adults and were caught up with their working lives, partners lives and so on. For me Christmas was always the time I treasured more. With that said, they would always at least make contact to wish me a… Continue reading 8th May 2022 – Mother’s Day
Every birthday is bitter-sweet since Kyle died and I don’t get to see little Cash. Because it’s always sad for me and I cry when I visit Kyle (at the crash site in Gidgigannup, at his Memorial Rock at Pinnaroo, or at the dunes in Peasholm St Dog Beach). I decided that this year I… Continue reading YaYa’s (Kyle’s Mum)Birthday 2022
