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Dear June

My mum suffered from arthritis and depression and it was difficult for my brother and I growing up, as we didn’t understand she had good days and bad days.

Latterly, her health deteriorated quite drastically and she was placed in a nearby care home where she died a few months later. That was nearly 20 years ago.

I am now 71 and lately I have found myself feeling very guilty about not understanding her illness or helping her more when she was ill. Irene, Stirling

June Says

As we get older, we become wiser and more experienced.

When we are young, we think we are indestructible and on hearing an elderly relative complain about agerelated aches and pains, we find it difficult to comprehend.

As we age, we slowly begin to fully understand what our parents were trying to tell us about the difficulties associated with an ageing body.

When we become older, having lost our parents, most of us wish we’d spent more time with them or had been more attentive and patient.

Only then do we fully understand that no one lives forever and, as we ourselves age, we watch those around us who we love dearly become ill and pass away.

After each loss, we become more aware of our own mortality.

Depression is an illness that cannot be fully understood unless one has felt the emotional effects of it first-hand.

I am very aware of your mum and can sense a loving lady with a sense of fun drawing close. She was very volatile throughout her life but on a good day I feel she was a fun-loving mum who loved her family dearly.

She knows her illnesses affected both you and your brother and fully accepts the pain in her body caused her to become further depressed at times, which made life difficult for her and everyone else around her.

As I further connect with those on spirit side who are gathering for you, I get the strong smell of alcohol and I’m instantly aware of a gentleman drawing forward to stand close by your mum. Is this your dad?

She wants you to know she is now well and many issues have been settled and put to closure. She loves you both and always will.

VERDICT

On a good day our mum showed such affection towards us that we were in no doubt she loved us.

On the not-so-good days it was difficult for us all and when I was 19 our father left and my brother and I were solely responsible for her care.

I never connected with him again as he had moved on with his life, but my brother saw him periodically before his death and I believe he had alcohol issues.

I am happy things have been resolved for Mum, as I know she still loved him right up until her death.