It has been a challenging past year, a challenging past few months, with no event more challenging for me personally than the passing of my Mom, our Famo – Heidi Engström.
We gathered on July 29th 2024, with a small group of family by Esbo Domkyrka, where we lay her to final rest. Her brother Kurt Röholm and her mother Lempi Engström are buried in the same grave.
While words can feel inadequate in times like these, here are the words I spoke:
We gather here today to give her final rest, and to remember the life of Heidi, our dearest Mom, our kindest Famo.
Who in life gave so much of her time, her effort so that we could all have better lives.
She showed us how to raise a family, even when she was by herself in the difficult years after the divorce – her number 1 priority was always us, the kids.
And we know that she could be difficult in getting things her way – “ta nu lite mera mat” .🙂. We remember the way she’d say your name “Oskar..Måste du nu… Ville, snälla..”
She had many ways of expressing her love for us: all the blueberry pie, the meatballs & mash, all the veggies and fruits she’d serve – was one way.
She showed her love for nature: tending gardens, picking up trash wherever she went.
Showed her love for family and friends by being very social, remembering everyone’s birthdays and name days.
She is not here with us today in her physical form, but I wish, so hard, that wherever she is now, that she’s happy and at peace.
But I know that us being here together, doing small good things to make the world a better place, that would make her happy for sure.
We love you Famo, älskar dig Mamma, Rest in Peace