Sounds wonderful @kmakm and @allyjay.
I really love your idea of taking a trip and exploring @kmakm. I suspect that I won't be able to persuade my husband easily, but I'm sure I could get the kids on board. I'm so sick of spending my time in waiting rooms or at home, and always with the thoughts - I need to get out and be distracted from the everyday.
@allyjay I have some baby clothes my Mum knitted and a friend gave me back some of them a few years ago that Mum had knitted for her when her kids were born. They are very precious to me. Mum always had a stack of basic 8-ply cardis in her wardrobe that she'd knitted and my sister and I would often borrow one to keep warm when we were ill. I wish I had kept one of those. Funnily enough, I did keep two dresses of Mum's - one was her very stylish Melbourne designer after-5 wedding dress and the other was a navy 1950s dress that she always wore to go to town, etc. I got them out to show my girls yesterday and it looks as if the younger won has claimed the town dress for her Year 7 graduation at the end of the year (just have to find her a petticoat to go with it!). Mum would be pleased but she'd also be rolling on the floor, laughing. God! I miss her so much even after 18 years. The only good thing is that I never had to tell her about my diagnosis.