Nearly ten years after the Durban floods, Brenda Scriven’s daughters revisit the events surrounding her death and the aftermath that followed. One of the accounts recalls that Scriven had posted on Facebook on 25 July 2016, describing her “final stretch” toward retirement that was due in just six days, before saying she was feeling nerves as a Monday morning routine would soon end. She did not return home after that period. The story presented by her daughters focuses on the circumstances of the loss, while also describing how the family copes in the years after the disaster. It frames their recollection around resilience and rebuilding after the tragedy, positioning the recounting as both personal memory and a reminder of the human impact of severe flooding in the region. The article emphasizes the timeline leading up to her final days and uses Scriven’s earlier message to anchor the account, while offering her family’s perspective on what comes after such a loss.