Ashes to Ashes:

Sorting through old letters, cards, photographs and trinkets, and deciding what to put in the casket with my mum's ashes. So far I have decided on the following:

• Her pocket dictionary and bibles
• A couple of photographs of the three children together
• A couple of pictures of my mum with her dad
• Some of her music and dancing certificates
• Birth announcement cards for us children
• Her birth certificate, first driving licence and first passport
• A couple of pictures and paperwork from her wedding day (don't ask!)
• Some bits of jewellery
• Her dad's medals/awards from the first world war
• Her Butlin's staff badges - they were a surprise!
• Two small crucifixes

That's it, being sealed at lunchtime, ready for taking to Middlesbrough this weekend.

# Casket was actually quite small, so some of the larger photos, as well as the dictionary and some trinkets didn't make it. Still, I think that what DID make it should serve as a happy set of reminders.