Thank you for sharing this lovely speech ! You’re a strong young girl and I am sure all those good attributes from your mum will pass on to you and your siblings xx have a lovely Christmas
Maria Jardim
13th December 2024
Thank you for sharing this lovely speech ! You’re a strong young girl and I am sure all those good attributes from your mum will pass on to you and your siblings xx have a lovely Christmas
Maria Jardim
13th December 2024
I thought long and hard about how I wanted to word this. How is it possible to say goodbye to someone who could only be described as goodness and light. To me, my mum was my hero, my bestest friend. The sun, of which our family orbited. She fulfilled so many roles in her life and touched the lives of everyone she ever interacted with. Within this room, each and every person would have felt the magic that was Claire Murphy. The love and care she exuded to all those around her, whether that be to colleagues or her closest friends.
Within her role as a mother, my mum could only be described as the human embodiement of unconditional love. Not once did my siblings or I, have even the slightest opportunity to question it, we were, and always have been our mummys entire world. A fact she reminded us of, every chance she could. Through everything my mum never once faltered, never complained or cried. She was unwaveringly strong in the face of everything life had to throw at her, and no matter what, Tom, Freya and I, remained her number one concern and priority. To all of us, mum was not just a mother or wife, she was our strength and the beating heart of our family.
When thinking about this final goodbye to my mummy, the complexities of loss have never become more apparent. I see her everywhere and in everything. Within in our household her imprints are all around. Our mums spirit lives on in all of us, I see her everyday in Freyas’ kindness and warmth, and you will never meet anyone more alike than my mum and my brother, Tommy Zoom. For the “golden boy” as mum called him there is no one else he would rather spend his time with. No matter the circumstances, mum always had time for Tom, from the Office to Only Fools and Horses, they binged it all together. As for little Freyda Meyda, mum was tortured daily. When mum wasn’t trying to bribe Freya into hair massages with money that never appeared, Freya was torturing mum with a new dance to try, new music to listen to or a new guineapig video and mum loved every minute of it.
As we now move to a life without our mummy in it, there is so much we will miss. Since January, I have spent every waking moment with my mummy. Whilst at times she had me run-ragged, there is no doubt in my mind that those were some of the best days of my life. I had the greatest blessing of being able to spend each and every day with my bestest friend, a sentiment I never forgot and never will forget. I know this is shared by us all but especially by my father who cared for our mother in a way many could not. Through sickness and in health, our parents were forever and always each others rocks, and I know my mum was and is so incredibly proud of my dad for all he did for her and all he continues to do for us all.
Our loss is so profound. We miss our mummy every minute of every day. I feel her loss in everything. She was my every wish; birthday candles, angel numbers, shooting stars, I don’t know what to wish for in life, if its not the health of my mummy. Her eternal glow was seen by all and there will never be another like our mummy. Mum was kindness, she was goodness, she was light and she was love. She changed the lives of everyone who ever had the blessing of crossing her path. Mums legacy will be longlasting, one forged in empathy and care and kindness. She is all around us, all the time. The bee that gets abit too friendly at a picnic, the cool breeze that hits just at the right time, the star that shines that bit brighter than the others.
I have always been eternally proud to be able to call someone as special as Claire Murphy was, my mummy. My hero, my bestest friend, to me my mother was everything. To us she was everything. I love my mummy and my mummy loves me. We love our mummy and our mummy loves us.
Your snoodles
27th November 2024