It is Patsy, but I think I know what it could be. Its been a year since we cremated my mum and I'm all hormonal so I'm up one minute and down the next - who'd be a woman.
I turn into a useless mess on my dads anniversary and his birthday. I think about him daily but the date has a massive impact on me. My household humour me, luckily.
I struggled on the day she passed away and seemingly today is also going to be a day where I struggle. Her birthday I was ok with but Christmas was hard. But it's good that your family keep you going :)
When my mum was dying (she was only 59) she would always have the radio on in the background as she hated silence. The last thing she said before she went into a coma was that she loved me and a certain really emotional song was playing. Two years later we were on holiday abroad and sitting in a bar talking to a couple and this record came on. I literally fell apart in front of everyone. Still do whenever I hear it. Thinking of you queenie xx