Life before Pandora

It would have been my mum's birthday today so my thoughts have been very much of her. It's 13 years since she died so I have had more time to come to terms with her loss than that of my dad, but it's still hard. It's only since I've become a mum that I really appreciate what she did for us and I wish I had had the chance to ask her advice on lots of things.

While we have been sorting through boxes and cupboards ready for our move next weekend I came across her old charm bracelet - I never asked her about it so I don't know how old it is but the charms were obviously collected on holidays and day trips apart, of course, from the Liverpool crest, her home town.