Esther McCarthy: I hope to pass down the legacy of my mam’s love to my children

I didn’t get to know her myself. I have fragments, flutters, feelings

Esther McCarthy: 'It was her anniversary yesterday. It always falls around Mother’s Day.' Picture: Emily Quinn

This isn’t really my story to tell, but she’s not here to share it so I hope she wouldn’t mind. It was her anniversary yesterday. It always falls around Mother’s Day.

I’m piecing together a lot of it from little stories from family and friends, a precious letter she left her husband, who gave it to me, and possibly my imagination.