First paragraph from very good and personal friend Brian and his tribute to mum. There are in the Oxford dictionary over 300000 words, but today there is just one, which shines above all others. And that is the word 'bravery'. The definition of the word is 'able to face and endure danger or pain'. What could be more apt as we come together to mourn the loss of one of the bravest people we have ever known? Sylvia has shown how to fight and illness, always in the belief that it could be beaten. Who else would have been riding and painting to the bitter end, there was NO giving up for her.......