Emmerdale star Lisa Riley has opened up on the pain she still feels ten years on from her mother’s death. The actress, 46, who tragically lost her beloved mum Cath to cancer at the age of 57 in 2012, opened up on her loss with fans on Instagram on Friday, calling her mother her “forever angel”.
Lisa - who recently teased a new acting project - lit two candles next to a framed photo of her mum and a small bouquet of flowers as she wrote an emotional message, writing: “My BELOVED Mum Cath, lost her battle with cancer ten years ago today, the pain, as I write this, is as raw as it was back then. “You’ve heard it said many many times, ‘it gets easier with time’, does it???
The biggest hole is in my heart always, because my Mum was so unique, so funny, so compassionate, so caring, unbelievably happy, so giving with her time, to EVERYONE. “She literally shone like the brightest star you’ve ever seen, and everybody says the same. ‘Cath Riley, once met, never forgotten' hearing this still makes me cry.
Because I suppose I struggle the most coming to terms with how young she was." Lisa then opened up on the importance of talking about your feelings with family and friends, adding: “The lesson I’ve learnt is this.
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