Zak and Mia

We’re so sad and shocked and can’t believe this has actually happened. It is impossible to express just how heartbroken we are about losing our lovely mum and cannot put in words how much she will be missed. We loved her so much and wish we had more time together.

Our mum was an amazing woman who touched so many people’s lives – it is a testament to her character that she was such a good friend to so many – something we hope we have learnt from her. She was also the best mum ever. The most caring and kind person, we absolutely loved spending time with her – our last time altogether was a couple of weekends ago when mum wanted to go to a flower display at tower of London. We then went on a long walk and on the train back she said how
much she had enjoyed spending quality time together – something we will always cherish. She was also a very hands-on mum, Mia would call her at least 10 times a day about every little decision because she always valued her opinion and also loved speaking to her and telling her everything. She’ll really miss having her go-to person but will always think ‘what would mum say’ and deep down know what the answer would be. There are a lot of traits Zak and mum shared – both so caring and considerate and mum was so proud of him.

Whenever we had any news, we’d tell mum about it and she was always such a good listener and cared about us so much. We also loved hearing about all her stories from her busy social life. We’ll really miss our day-to-day chats, which quite often ended up in us laughing at something funny she’d done – like when she went to work with her gloves in her hat! There’s so much to praise her for and thank her for – she was such a selfless, loving and incredible mum and just wanted the best for
us.

Words cannot describe the sadness we feel. There are so many little things that we’ll miss about mum that are impossible to convey in writing. We will miss her every day and wish we could have one more family day out together.

We also want to talk about our dad that again was genuinely the best dad ever. Mum missed him so so much, and if there’s one comfort from this is that they are together now. The last 4 years without dad have been really difficult – we’ve missed his dry humour and kind, calming nature and playing endless games of Monopoly together. We’ve missed family holidays together where mum would read her book, whilst the three of us would do swimming races. We are so sad that we won’t be able
to make more family memories but feel very blessed to have had such incredible parents. We all loved each other so much and we are so grateful for all they have done for us and hope to make them proud.