12/06/2025
Today we celebrated the life of my incredible Nan — at the age of 101!
She lived a big, beautiful, and inspirational life. Often too busy having a good time to stay on the phone with me for too long 🤣🤣 but always there to support me at every dance concert, right up until the very end.
She taught me card games, made me laugh, sewed extra outfits for all my dolls (and then later, taught me to sew too — threading the needle for me even in her 90s, despite horrible arthritis).
She was confident, outgoing, and wonderfully outspoken — never afraid to share her opinion or go after what she wanted (…wonder where I got it from 😅). But everyone adored her, because she stood up for what was right, for people who didn’t have a voice, and she gave so selflessly — knitting clothes for the staff’s children at her care home even in her final weeks.
I remember reading the book she wrote about her life — all the dress-up parties and plays she put on — and thinking, “Ahh, THIS is where I get it from!” Because it definitely wasn’t from Mum and Dad 😆
I truly idolised my Nan. I looked up to her in so many ways. She was still giving me business advice at 99, always looked stunning, and handled incredible physical pain with grace.
She was resilient. She was generous. She was magnetic.
And she was the best Nan a girl could have asked for.
I’m so grateful I got so many years with her. She showed me how to live a full, bold, joyful life — and I’ll carry that with me always.
