We were deeply shocked to learn of Olivia's illness and I decided that I'd like to send her simple bits of Cambridge news, perhaps as a diversion for a few minutes. Sometimes she sent a reply—which was fantastic.

Here is a copy of her postcard from Arisaig in July 2017.

In October of 2017 this postcard of "Mr Tod" arrived, another super surprise.

Last Christmas this excited card came, full of joy and festive thoughts.

The next I have thoroughly mislaid (I've definitely still got it somewhere), but I think it was a photo of Iris and Edith by a stream (?) with the note from Olivia saying that her girls loved pink, to which I responded by making pink stars for each of them, as, at that time, I was practising an origami star pattern every day in an attempt to memorise the instructions for ever!

At the end of April this year John and I had a very comical collision and fall in the garden which gave me a broken wrist and meant that I couldn't write. So I dictated my letter for John to write to Olivia—here is her reply posted on May the second.

We went on holiday the day after this accident—the first of April, fitting!—returning at the end of May to find this last card which was so typical of her.

Throughout this time Olivia enjoyed every moment she could, loved her entire family, which is so clear in the way she wrote to me. She loved her life with all of you and I am so honoured to have these words from her.