Pick Me Up!

Queen of everything

Dear Mum,

Coming home from school, I always knew where to find you.

Opening the gate to the garden, you smiled whilst waving your muddy fingers in the air.

You just loved nature – flowers were your favourite.

Do you remember when you begged Dad to buy you a potting shed?

Your wish was his command, and the wooden structure took pride of place in the garden.

You even went to a flower arranging group with your best friend, Emma, once a week.

Being my silly teenage brothers, Louis, Owain, and Rhys would tease you for going.

You were the youngest person there!

The smell of home-grown sweet peas lingered in the kitchen and Dad nicknamed you his ‘little sweet pea’.

Growing up, we knew that certain foods didn’t

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