It's not until you personally experience something do you see how amazing it is. It's not until you personally experience something do you feel all the emotions. It's not until you personally experience something do you realise just how special something is. This personal experience was mum's but one that is and will be attached to me forever; going to ABC's and Rice School in Cambodia.

I was back in Cambodia but this time with mum and I could not contain my excitement. After an amazing weekend seeing the acrobatic circus, becoming professional Khmer chefs at a cooking course and doing plenty of shopping it was the start of a new week and the moment I had been waiting for….school.

We both cycled along the dusty road to school, one behind the other. I was conscious of mum being with me and so i had never noticed, until now, how unsafe the roads could be or how much of an ordered chaos the roads were but with the weekends practice mum was used to it...phewwww! A few faces popped out and smiled as we rode along. We were getting closer and closer and closer.

The smaller dust track road approached us and we were soon face to face with the rainbow coloured gates to school. My face lit up as I entered and I was soon attacked by beautiful children shouting 'cha Beth' realising I was back. Two weeks I was away for and I missed them more than you could ever imagine. I introduced Mum as 'cha Sue' explaining the relationship; they're faces lit up. Mum was surrounded by children asking her questions and wanting cuddles whilst I showed her to every classroom. Tammy crept up from behind and I could see a tear in mum's eye as Tammy spoke; the same as I had, and still have (I turn into an emotional wreck out here)…I could see already it was going to be hard to leave.

Words can't really describe what I felt the first day back with Mum in tow. Neither would it do It justice but here goes. Mum was in the one place that is so close to me, with all the teachers and children that I have a special connection with. I felt she could now properly see why I can't stop talking about this amazing place. And why I want to spend every free moment I have out here. She could now see for herself how special, individual and how talented these children are. It was magical, unforgettable and now she was able to experience it and have memories of her own.

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