In the midst of the din, I felt a moment of blessed calm as I saw my mum gather with her sisters and amble their way around meeting with other relatives which they hadn’t seen for a long time. Like a movie where a song starts playing in the background of a perfectly appropriate scene, Kelly Clarkson’s ‘If No One Will Listen’ started playing at the back of my mind. I looked at them and smiled.

What has always been important to me in my life has been affirmed again.