Dear FreeAsAButterfly I'm so glad you sound a little better today. Your story about the butterflies sounded truly beautiful.I can understand all the ways you are keeping you Mum with you. That seems very important. I have a story about my mum and nickname too. My Mum had a cataract operation - just a simple operation, but something went wrong. There was debris left behind in the eye and the pressure shot up threatening her sight. She needed a second operation a at the Royal Adelaide. The RAH can be really grim and bleak as hospitals go and we were scared, not knowing what it all meant. Then one of the nurses walked in wearing some tinsel on her name badge. Mum absolutely loved it ! It said 'normal' to her. She perked up and even asked the doctor where his tinsel was. (he didnt go in for that kind of thing). After that I always brought something a little silly in - helium balloons, entirely un-serious decorations. The other patients liked it too. She got better, but that tinsel seemed to be the turning point. Noone knows where our meaning, relief, safety comes from We are all different and hopefully a little crazy too! warm wishes, Tinsel ... View more