It’s a long time since I’ve updated you about my daughter Ellie. Here, in her own words, is the latest instalment.
Fanny the Champion of the World
I haven’t written an update for a while, and to be honest, I’ve been enjoying getting back to normality (and trying to learn how to parent teenagers), with limited success. I think that writing Fanny through my grief and treatment was my way of releasing stress when I had nobody else to tell. Now, I do have someone to tell, who loves me deeply, but with that happiness and contentment has come a bit of Writers’ Block. Our stories don’t end as long as we’re alive, but perhaps I wanted Fanny to have her happy ending, and I wasn’t sure if there really was any such thing.
In fact, I suppose I thought a new beginning had come instead – in July last year, when my husband’s ashes were interred in the graveyard of the church where he and I had married 15 years before, almost to the day. I’d…
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Bloody hell, Margaret. That was a bit of a tear jerker. I left no comment, needing to collect myself first. Please pass on my very best wishes to your daughter.
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Of course. You’re pretty new to these pages and haven’t experienced the last few years my daughter’s had. She’s tough. She’s had to be. Thank you.
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It was a wonderful piece, Margaret. Thank you for sharing it.
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I’ve already ‘corresponded’ with her…. She is both, a terribly courageous fighter, and a wonderful human being.
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I noticed you had. Thank you. She’s alright, my daughter!
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Thank you so much for sharing that inspiring story, what a woman she is.
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She is rather, isn’t she? Thank you.
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Wonderful! I’m so pleased for all of you 🙂
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Thank you!
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Such a touching story. Life can be stranger than fiction. It’s wonderful to hear that your daughter and her boys are doing well.
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It’s been tough, and continues to be so in many ways. But they’re getting there….
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Thank you for sharing the update. I’d wondered how things were going, and it’s wonderful to read this. What an inspirational story!
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She’s worked so hard to get there. A piece of sunshine at last!
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What an extraordinary woman your daughter is. I’m glad she’s written her happy ending.
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Well, at 39, she’s a bit of a way from an ending, happy or otherwise. But this chapter is good, thanks.
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Yes, possibly not the best figure of speech in the circumstances, sorry, but you get my drift.
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Of course!
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I had already discovered Ellie’s good news and I am so pleased for her. And of course, for you too. A mother’s job is never done.
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Indeed. But it’s great when there’s good news.
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Definitely!
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Thanks for sharing this Margaret. So touching and heartwarming. May the peace they are finding continue to grow and support them.
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I hope so too. She’s had enough drama for several lifetimes.
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