barbara was born in northampton in 1948 over her younger years she suffered from bad eyesight bit it never stopped her having a normal life .

In 1971 she married and had 3 beautiful children the eldest being me (natasha read) then her marriage broke down and become a singie mother of 3.

In 1985 she started to develope  problems with her left leg draging and she keep falling over over the next 5 year she had teat after test to come uo with nothing in the end after one more test the result was there 1991 she found out she had m.s , in 2000 after her third grandchild wasborn she had her ms progress to second stage which made her wheelchair and bed bound and over the last few months her ms progressed further to end of her life on july 10th where she passed away with all her children and partners around her . 

I her daughter done all the care for her all the time she was with ms apart from the last 12 months which i needed extra help with mum .