Gosh - only just seen this, although I have been on Mumsnet a little bit recently (enough to win a fab entertainment system )
Thanks so much for thinking about me.
I'm doing OK I think. The funeral service and immediate aftermath all went fine. It was short and fairly 'functional', but nevertheless 'appropriate' and probably what my Mum (and my Dad) wanted. A close friend of my Mum's read a poem that she'd written, which was beautiful.
My Mum was an active voluteer in a local Cancer Charity shop, and I was really touched by the 30 or so 'fellow volunteers' who turned up to the funeral - no doubt very sad for them, since so many of them have already had their lives affected by losses through cancer that it much has sparked sad memories.
Anyway, since the funeral to some extent life has gone 'back to normal' because it has to I suppose. However I have been talking to my Dad more frequently, and he will be coming to stay with us for a week or so soon. He may also come on holiday with us later in the year.
I think he will be OK. In many ways he has had time to 'prepare' himself for this scenario, although it's always a shock when it happens. He's keeping busy.
Meanwhile, I wanted to do something to remember Mum by, and also to support the Cancer Charity she devoted so much of her later life to. Soooooo....(Big deep breath...) I've decided to run the Great North Run (half Marathon) in Sept this year to raise funds for Cancer Research UK, so watch this space for requests for sponsorship!