Santosh Kapal, 67, of Pembroke Close, Seven Kings, paid tribute to Seema Jaya Sharma, 38, after her daughter’s final Facebook post, which was written to be posted after she died, went viral and sparked global interest in her story.
Santosh said Seema, who had thousands of followers online, was “so strong” before her death, despite being bed-bound for weeks.
“She never moaned about it,” said Santosh. “She just used to tell me she loved me and that she was happy – she accepted what was happening.
“Anyone else in her position would make a fuss but she didn’t. To see your child like that is so sad – I just felt sorry for her.
“We’re never going to recover – she’s my only child and she was so precious to me.”
Santosh added: “She was so strong and she made me and her children strong too – she was so amazing, she was my baby.
“All she wanted was for everyone to celebrate her life and not to mourn for her.”
Seema’s daughter Shanti, eight, said: “She always wanted us to be happy and not cry about her death. I’ve not cried at all.”
The legacy of Seema is to live on through poetry and music, according to her mum.
Santosh said she is in the process of having a book of poems written by her daughter published in her memory.
An inspiring final message posted by Seema, a cancer sufferer shortly before she passed away has had 7.6K likes on Facebook.
Seema Jaya Sharma, a mother-of-two from Ilford in north east London, died on Friday 21st August after a six-year battle with cancer.
The 38-year-old’s son Kalvin, 17, posted an uplifting final message on the social media site on behalf of his mother, which quickly went viral with 2,800 people leaving comments on the post.
Her final status post was introduced by her daughter and read:
‘My mum passed away today at 14:10 and she wrote this as her final status…she wanted her last words to be ‘I got 21seconds to go!!! Hehe :P)
‘This is me.. SEEMA Jaya Sharma. My son will keep you updated of when the funeral is etc and please come in bright colours coz you’re not coming to mourn my death but to celebrate my life!!
‘Please keep me alive through you good times and every time you laugh or smile and have fun, i’m right there having fun with u!!! YAY!!!
‘Don’t cry for me argentina….the truth is that i didn’t even know where u are on the map!! Geography was never my strong point!! :S.
‘Anyway this is me saying ‘peace out people’ if a bird poos on ur head, that’s just me saying ‘yo man’ and if i really like u then i might just come haunt you to create ur own kinda bird poo innit!!! hehe!! LOVE YOU!!! MWAH 
xxx
‘Oh theres gonna be a wake after too (location will be confirmed) and I would prefer it if nobody goes to my house between now and the funeral. TANKOOOOOOOO xxx colourful clothes please!!! We’re celebrating!!! WOOOHOOOO xxx’
