After my mother passed away in November 2025, and as I held her hand as she exhaled for the last time and I felt her last heartbeat, I realised there was so much more I wanted to speak to her about; so much more of her life that I was unaware of.
As I was emptying out her house that was cluttered with cards, books and photographs, I came across an exercise book in which she had jotted down some of her memories and dreams.
Although not the best writing I'd ever seen nor read, I realised just how important those stories were to her and quickly made up my mind to record them in this short memoir.
Throughout Rose’s life, memories of past events came flashing back—sometimes triggered by a word, a situation, or even a dream. She wrote them down as quickly as they appeared, capturing how she perceived the world and how certain moments shaped her thoughts, decisions, and fears.
This memoir isn’t about Rose’s writing skills. It’s about her life. She had only just begun a writing course for the fun of it, never realizing that each of these stories—memories scribbled down as they came to her—would reveal a much bigger picture.