MY MUM WAS A LOVELY CARING WOMEN WHO ADORED HER HUSBAND CHARLIE MERCER WHO SHE`D BEEN MARRIED TO FOR 47 YEARS. SHE HAD 3 CHILDREN FIRST CAME CHARLES THEN MICHAEL AND FINAL ME ALISON. SHE ADORED HER CHILDREN AND GAVE US THE BEST LIFE SHE POSSIBLY COULD. ALWAYS MAKING SURE WE HAD EVERYTHING WE ASKED FOR EVEN IF IT MENT HER GOING WITHOUT SHE SIMPLY WAS THE BEST MUM YOU COULD ASK FOR. MY MUM COULDNT WAIT TO HAVE GRANCHILDREN SO WHEN I WAS THE FIRST TO TELL HER I WAS PREGNANT SHE WAS SHOCKED BUT THEN PLEASED. SHE THEN SET OUT BUYING ALL KINDS OF BABY THINGS AND STARTED TO GET VERY EXCITED. AN WHEN I WENT INTO LABOUR OF COURSE I HAD MY MUM WITH ME NOT THAT SHE WAS MUCH HELP AS ALL SHE DONE WAS CRY BECAUSE HER BABY WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN. SHE WOULD SHOUT AT THE MIDWIVES AN ONE OF THE THINGS SHE SAID THAT STICKS IN MY MIND AND MAKES ME SMILE EVERYTIME IS HER SAYING YOU CAN PUT MEN ON THE MOON BUT YOU CANT HELP MY DAUGHTER,BY THIS TIME I THINK SHE WAS READY TO KILL SOME ONE. THEN OUT CAME MY SON HER FIRST GRANCHILD THE BIG SMILE ON HER FACE SAID IT ALL SHE WAS A PROUD NAN.AND THEN SHE GOT MORE GRANCHILDREN NEXED WAS ABBEY THEN LAURA THEN MY CHARLOTTE AND THEN NATHEN AND FINALY LIBBI SHE LOVED THEM ALL SO MUCH AND WOULD SPOIL THEM ALL THE TIME ESPECIALY CHRISTMAS.