{"id":6393,"date":"2022-07-21T06:05:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/?p=6393"},"modified":"2022-07-20T18:52:55","modified_gmt":"2022-07-20T10:52:55","slug":"and-then-everything-stopped","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathmiller.com\/blog\/2022\/07\/21\/and-then-everything-stopped\/","title":{"rendered":"And then everything stopped"},"content":{"rendered":"
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M E Muir 1927 – 2014<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Eight years ago today, my mum died and this blog died with her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had been documenting life on the farm for her, so she felt she was part of it, even though she never saw it. Every year, I printed a big book of all the stories I had written and the photos I had taken. I was due to fly back from Australia to Edinburgh in Scotland to see her 10 days later, but I didn’t make it in time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I didn’t have the heart to continue, so everything stopped. I threw myself into looking after Smudge and her baby goats which arrived only 3 days after I arrived back from Mum’s funeral. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I revisited the site once in November 2014 to put up a quick link about the goatsmilk soaps I had started making. My partner worked away, so I was home alone half the time and couldn’t keep up with all the milk so started making soap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also started spinning as a therapeutic hobby and joined the local guild. In the past 12 months we have lost 6 of our members including, in the past 3 months, my two closest friends there, one of whom had became my surrogate mum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I decided that 2022 was the year to start writing again, so I logged back on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few of the plugins and apps had been superceded in the 8 years, but the technical issues were sorted out by some fantastic technical support from webhostinghub<\/a> and the site has come back to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mum and Dad in Malaysia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Mum in Edinburgh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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