Grieving mother overcomes years of darkness by turning to artDAVID UNWIN/STUFF Tima Simms' son Meredith Simms died in 2006 when a military unimog he was a passenger in rolled off the road and down a 100m cliff near Blenheim. Private Meredith Simms was 18-years-old when driver inexperience caused the fatal crash, near Blenheim, in the early afternoon on August 16, 2009. His mother, Tima Sims, a former counsellor, began art classes in 2013 after recurring dreams showed a woman standing in front of a whiteboard with a set of paint brushes. "He said: 'I'm sorry, ma'am, I'm sorry, ma'am'. Tima Sims' painting of a woman wearing brightly coloured clothes, symbolising the lifting of depression.

Source: Stuff October 12, 2018 22:42 UTC