Thank you for creating this tribute to Kirsten and for choosing to support Rowans Hospice during this sad and difficult time. Honouring the memory of a loved one by supporting our work is a very special way to celebrate their life. We hope that building this tribute brings you comfort and inspiration whenever you feel the need, whether it is on birthdays, anniversaries or any other day that is important to you. The Charity will always be grateful to family and friends for remembering us at what we know can be a sad and difficult time.

Mum, As I say goodbye, I struggle to find the words to express what you meant to me. Cancer may have taken you from us, but it could never touch the strength of your spirit, the depth of your love, or the courage you showed every single day. You fought with such grace, never letting the illness define you. I miss you deeply, but I find peace in knowing you're at rest, free from pain. You gave me strength, taught me kindness, and showed me how to love unconditionally. I’ll carry your light with me always. Thank you for everything Mum Until we meet again <3

Mum, Right now I really don’t have the words to express how I feel, nothing I write would do you justice because it would all come out in a mess! Since you’ve gone I’ve just felt stunned and can’t really express anything.. THE LOSS OF A MOTHER Is an inevitable part of our life. We know it will come around and we know the day will hurt but we are not prepared, never prepared for the tearing. The tearing of a part of our soul from its very seams stitches pulled asunder heart wrenched in half soul split in two. But that tearing is not what you may think it is it is not her leaving you it is the loss of her physical form which you have been so very used and attached to. And now she must remove that part for it no longer serves you and you no longer need it despite what you may think. Because she made you well and she built all of her love into you cell by cell thought by thought lesson by lesson. And the split that you feel is simply the new the new way you will carry on your love for your mother with your mother just in a different way for she did not leave mothers cannot leave they are in you look inside she’s there and that bond that connection is unable to be taken now that is all yours to keep forevermore. Author - Donna Ashworth