We lost our dear Nan on Friday night, and the feeling of loss is enormous. Don’t get me wrong, it has been coming, but it’s still hard to take and I’m not sure I’m dealing with it too well. We only have a small family anyway, but to see it shrink by one is difficult to take.

I worry for my Dad of course and how he will cope, being an only child and that’s both his parents gone now. I suppose all I can do is make sure I’m there when he needs me.

I’ve been lucky in that I haven’t lost a family member for a little while, and you do forget how it feels. Let me say, I don’t miss it one bit.