Did you discover anything she'd kept secret from you?

a with you

when my mum died and i lost it a bit which meant i wasn't as involved as i would've liked

which means i don't know where everything went.

so i know it is hard, but what you are doing is joining her story to yours

and that will last a lifetime, and maybe beyond

yes that's so true. She didn't have any secrets Chris, but she'd kept all the letters my dad wrote from his RAF postings. I didn't read them

it would have felt wrong. I also found my great-great grandmother's recipes, all written in copperplate. I'm keeping them.