When I was very young I lost both of my nans, so I grew up not knowing what it was like to have a nan heavily involved in my life. 


Then one day when I was 18 I was introduced to Nanny Pam. She put me in my place straight away and immediately told me if I ever upset Sarah she would get me. 
Her feistiness coming through strong straight away. 
I immediately took a shine to her as in so many ways Sarah was just like her and it’s no wonder as she played a huge role in Sarah’s upbringing. She was the kindest person with such a big heart and she had a great sense of humour. Everytime we would visit she would proceed to tell us a story and say “you’re going to scream at this” and laugh uncontrollably whilst telling us about a random event that had happened. 


Not only was she kind and funny she was brave. One of the bravest people I have ever met, surviving heart surgery, cancer and escaping an abusive relationship and still managing to support everyone around her and be her cheerful happy self. Enough to break a lot of people. 


One thing I will never forget and a lot of people will agree with me on this is a nanny Pam hug. A hug in which she squeezes you so tight you can hardly breathe and she would never let go. Her great granddaughter Felicity described them as a bear hug and whenever we squeeze her she will say that was like a nanny Pam hug. 


I could go on and on about how wonderful Nanny Pam was and how much joy she gave so many people. 
Nanny Pam accepted me as a part of her family and I adopted this wonderful inspiring person to be my Nan as have many other people. She will truly be missed but never forgotten.