Nanny Doff, this one's for you!

We received some very sad news today; my surrogate grandmother (my cousins' Nan on the other side of their family), Nanny Doff, passed away late yesterday evening. She was an absolutely wonderful lady, and I mean lady in the most literal sense - she was a real class act. Her incredible warmth was evident in the way she treated all of her grandchildren's cousins as if they were her own, including sending us birthday and Christmas presents when we were kids. Her parties were legendary, and I will always remember her dancing away at my cousin's wedding after a few glasses of wine, sliding down a wall and still dancing when she reached the floor, laughing the whole time. Everyone absolutely loved her. Unfortunately in recent years she suffered from dementia, and while she had declined significantly the last time I saw her, she still had that unmistakable twinkle in her eye.

I'm so grateful she was part of my life, and she will be sorely missed by all of us. Dorothy, you were an absolute diamond. Rest in peace xxx