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I woke up one day and my mother was gone, never to be seen again
2025-04-22 02:45:04| Spiritual Career Counseling
When a five-year-old Joanne Law awoke at her home near Newcastle on a March morning in 1973, she knew instantly that something was wrong. Instead of her loving mum lying next to her they usually shared a bed there was her father Gilbert, a violent schizophrenic whose erratic moods and vicious temper ruled their family.He was fully clothed, his eyes totally wired. I asked him, Wheres my mummy? and he said, Shes gone. I didnt understand. I thought he meant she had gone to the shops.It was only later I started to realise she was never coming back. Joannes mum Ann, just 34, had indeed gone, never to be seen again.Her disappearance triggered a catastrophic chain of events with far-reaching consequences for Joanne and her older brother, Trevor.The loss of my mum has underpinned my whole life, says Joanne, the sadness evident in her voice. I have missed her so much, but never more so than when I had children, when things went wrong, when I had breast cancer in my 40s. All...
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