Stories
Roberta Hope
“When I think of my mother, I don’t think of a loss… I had my dad”
Roberta Hope’s mother died when the girl was only five. Now in her fifties, Roberta has few memories of her mother. However, she was buoyed through her childhood by the love of her dad, and never felt she lacked for a mum.
Jan Williams
“I thought she’d died, but didn’t want to ask”
Jan Williams grew up with her father and her four sisters, and the acceptance her mother was dead. It wasn’t until she was a teenager she realised the story she’d lived with – or built up around herself – wasn’t the full story.
Jeff Duncan
“Most people know their parents as people. We don’t. And we never will”
Jeff Duncan’s mother died from leukemia when he was ten. His story mirrors mine closely, which is not surprising as he’s my older brother…