How dreadful for you Lauren. So sorry for the loss of your mum.

I remember when my brother died suddenly, in Scotland, and I live in Australia. Because he was young there had to be an autopsy which we didn't know about until we reached Scotland.

In the interim my two siblings and I did a short trip.

When I got back to my school, my principal informed me she'd taken some days off my long-service leave because I'd been away too long.

I was too drained to argue.