Most Significant Expenditure: Reverb12

Prompt:  What was your most significant expenditure in 2012?  It doesn’t have to be necessarily the biggest expenditure, just the one with the most impact.

I have always been close to my mum so living in a different country can be hard, even more so when I know she is ill or in pain. 

 

She has had quite a rough ride this year with numerous doctors visits, emergency room visits and surgeries so I wanted to do something (other than calling) to let her know that I'm always with her.

 

I decided to have a stone etched with the word 'cwtch'.  Cwtch is a welsh word that means snuggling, cuddling, loving, hugging, protecting and safeguarding all rolled into one.  Being welsh it was a word that was used frequently in our home and even though I don't speak welsh I still use that term today. 

 

Her reaction when she received it just blew me away, the perfect gift that meant so much.  I now own my own 'cwtch' stone that she bought for me in return and even though we are separated by many miles, our love knows no bounds.