Paddyann - my mother also used to say "I don't want flowers when I'm dead - they should be enjoyed by the living." My sisters, who never bought her any while she was alive will take flowers and place them in the memorial garden where her ashes were scattered, but I never have. What I do is occasionally buy some flowers "for Mum", place then in a vase in my living room, enjoy them and think of her each time I see them.
So it begins….. Streeting resigns
