Sorry this is long. My father died this morning after a long illness. We were not really close, but I love him and I know that he loved me very much. He was a great dad and always did his best for us.
He lives in Australia, where I’m from. I was prepared to leave to attend his funeral. We’ve been ready for months. I’m Australian and my children are Brits. I arranged permission from their father (just a formality to show officials, he knows I’ll bring the children back.) I bought tickets. Then I realised - they need visas! My own stupid fault for overlooking it. One child’s visa came through immediately. The other’s: still waiting. She’s Australian but doesn’t have an Australian passport 🤦♀️ I don’t know how long it will take to get one for her. I’m sure we’re going to miss the funeral.
I’m feeling really down tonight. It’s all my fault, I was so focused on the ‘father’s permission’ side of things. We made sure their UK passport were up to date. Thankfully I was able to get the tickets refunded but we’re all sad, and the kids were so excited to go to Australia, and I just want to go and be with my mum and siblings. I feel really dumb. This all went down today!