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Message:: [QUOTE="Scruffy2000, post: 3456966, member: 18111"]In 2013, my husband and I wanted to visit my relatives in the US. Of course, we set aside a few days to spend with Hilda. We had meals at her favourite restaurants & visited her all time favourite place, Blue Hill in Braintree. We rented a motel nearby so that we were close to 1000 Southern Artery where Hilda had moved to. It was an old people's home. I recall about 5min after leaving Hilda's place one evening, getting a frantic call on my mobile. She was having issues with her TV. My husband and I couldn't help but laugh to ourselves. It felt just like old times... Hilda calling us down to her apartment to look at or fix something. My last memory of her was on our last day together. She was sitting on her walking frame on the lawn outside her place waving goodbye to us. We knew it would be the last time we'd see each other. Our last hug seemed to last forever. It was a costly trip taking us some time to save up for. A long trip too with my younger daughter only 18 months and with Boston and Sydney at opposite ends of the earth. It was unlikely we could afford to do it again anytime soon. I continued to send photos and make photobooks of our family for her. We continued to keep in touch until her death. Hilda is now buried in her "Happy Place" Blue Hill.[/QUOTE]