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Blue seems sad too.
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Blue seems sad too.
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Thinking of you @Debs and Lauren today at such a sad time
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Thinking of you Debs and your family,we are raising a glass for les.Take care and be strong.
Mew and Mick
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To Les.
Thinking of you @Debs
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We all raised a toast to Les. Irnbru and movan above.
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We observed a great send off for Les, motorbikes leading the hearse were moving, the music made me cry, the words in the service were inspiring
Our little tribute to Les, a sock showing moment as we left the wake
A big day for Debs and what a grand job she did xx
L to R
Me, Bev, Carol (Cal54), Debs, Veronica (Trixie), Alan (Rupert), Sandra (Irnbru) Joy (movan) and Lola
sorry Joy xx thanks to John @Baycott and Carol @Cal54 I have had to come clean
Our little tribute to Les, a sock showing moment as we left the wake
A big day for Debs and what a grand job she did xx
L to R
Me, Bev, Carol (Cal54), Debs, Veronica (Trixie), Alan (Rupert), Sandra (Irnbru) Joy (movan) and Lola
sorry Joy xx thanks to John @Baycott and Carol @Cal54 I have had to come clean
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Thank you for all the photos, wish we could have been there in person.
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a lovely photo.. nice to see the smiles, pleased it went so well.. I'm sure it will men a lot to debs and family..
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My thoughts have been with you and your family today Debs.
Love Shirley xx
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I think you got away with it David, as long as @movan doesn't look at this postsneaky edit done, thanks
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Debs, hope the day went well.
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My thoughts were with you today Debs, I hope all went well.
Hope all went well today, was thinking about you at 2 xx
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Debs, we were thinking of you and the family this afternoon and hope you felt loved by all x
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Thank you so much for all the messages today, the people who came and the people who were thinking of us. It means the world to us.
That was uh. The third hardest day of my entire life but it's over now and we can sleep knowing we just gave him the best send off anybody could wish for. The Tramps looked fantastic in formation, his bike looked wonderful at the front with our flagpole and people were looking as we passed by. He would've loved that SO much
Drew the minister guy did a wonderful job with the time he had. There were some smiles and giggling amongst the sobbing today. A lot of people stopped me to mention the thing I'd written for Drew to read out, so I thought I'd post it here if that's okay.
This is not really something I expected or wanted to do for another twenty five years. Another lifetime for me. But you don't always get what you want.
So I started composing this in the shower, as you do. Wondering how on earth I could sum up a guy like my dad on one sheet of paper. And I decided a few things. Like a lot of the people I've talked to have said how angry they were when they lost somebody they loved. They hated the universe but I'm not gonna do that because that's not the kind of guy my dad was.
I'm not going to be angry. I'm just going to be grateful that I knew him.
Because I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason. Bringing something we must learn and we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them, and we help them in return. And I don't know if I believe that's true. But I know I am who I am today because I knew you.
That's part of a song from a musical called Wicked. It holds the honour of being one of the few things I dragged him to that I think he actually enjoyed. There's been a lot of music lately. A lot of noise trying to fill the silence he's left behind and I've found that verse helps.
Okay so I've still got no idea how to put up a picture frame that's actually level and I'm dreading the first time I've got to deal with a spider on my own but I think he taught me something pretty cool. But I don't really really know how to describe it. Hakuna Matata, maybe?
That it's okay if you don't know the words to the song. The words aren't important. Just take the time to sing your song and enjoy it. Savour the little things just as much as the big things. Don't worry about the things that aren't so good. They can be fixed. They're not as huge as you think. Don't worry. Sing whatever song's stuck in your head and suddenly all those massive worries don't seem so big any more. They can be dealt with. And that helps me.
It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime. So let me say before we part.
So much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end. I know you have re-written mine by being my friend.
Because he was. He wasn't just my dad. He was my friend. He was everybody's friend. He made the world shine just that little bit brighter for so many people.
So if you want to remember him, don't remember today. Remember him when you're scrolling through the TV guide and you find some ridiculously awful movie that nobody would watch, because he would. Four times.
Remember him when you're driving somewhere and you see a really nice log pile in somebody's garden.
Remember him when you can't find a single pair of socks that match, or your clothes clash or you see a guy wearing socks with his sandals.
Remember him when your brain starts singing. Something you heard on the radio or on an advert that won't go away. Let it out. It doesn't matter if you don't know the words. The words aren't important.
Just sing for him.
xxx (I think I only have one free post left now so my next one better be a good one)
That was uh. The third hardest day of my entire life but it's over now and we can sleep knowing we just gave him the best send off anybody could wish for. The Tramps looked fantastic in formation, his bike looked wonderful at the front with our flagpole and people were looking as we passed by. He would've loved that SO much
Drew the minister guy did a wonderful job with the time he had. There were some smiles and giggling amongst the sobbing today. A lot of people stopped me to mention the thing I'd written for Drew to read out, so I thought I'd post it here if that's okay.
This is not really something I expected or wanted to do for another twenty five years. Another lifetime for me. But you don't always get what you want.
So I started composing this in the shower, as you do. Wondering how on earth I could sum up a guy like my dad on one sheet of paper. And I decided a few things. Like a lot of the people I've talked to have said how angry they were when they lost somebody they loved. They hated the universe but I'm not gonna do that because that's not the kind of guy my dad was.
I'm not going to be angry. I'm just going to be grateful that I knew him.
Because I've heard it said that people come into our lives for a reason. Bringing something we must learn and we are led to those who help us most to grow if we let them, and we help them in return. And I don't know if I believe that's true. But I know I am who I am today because I knew you.
That's part of a song from a musical called Wicked. It holds the honour of being one of the few things I dragged him to that I think he actually enjoyed. There's been a lot of music lately. A lot of noise trying to fill the silence he's left behind and I've found that verse helps.
Okay so I've still got no idea how to put up a picture frame that's actually level and I'm dreading the first time I've got to deal with a spider on my own but I think he taught me something pretty cool. But I don't really really know how to describe it. Hakuna Matata, maybe?
That it's okay if you don't know the words to the song. The words aren't important. Just take the time to sing your song and enjoy it. Savour the little things just as much as the big things. Don't worry about the things that aren't so good. They can be fixed. They're not as huge as you think. Don't worry. Sing whatever song's stuck in your head and suddenly all those massive worries don't seem so big any more. They can be dealt with. And that helps me.
It well may be that we will never meet again in this lifetime. So let me say before we part.
So much of me is made of what I learned from you. You'll be with me like a handprint on my heart. And now whatever way our stories end. I know you have re-written mine by being my friend.
Because he was. He wasn't just my dad. He was my friend. He was everybody's friend. He made the world shine just that little bit brighter for so many people.
So if you want to remember him, don't remember today. Remember him when you're scrolling through the TV guide and you find some ridiculously awful movie that nobody would watch, because he would. Four times.
Remember him when you're driving somewhere and you see a really nice log pile in somebody's garden.
Remember him when you can't find a single pair of socks that match, or your clothes clash or you see a guy wearing socks with his sandals.
Remember him when your brain starts singing. Something you heard on the radio or on an advert that won't go away. Let it out. It doesn't matter if you don't know the words. The words aren't important.
Just sing for him.
xxx (I think I only have one free post left now so my next one better be a good one
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today was hard, but easy, the days will come when you will cry. but you wont be sad. you will laught but you want be happy, take a day at a time, take time in its place, remember, drift into space and think of happy times.
glad it went well, we thinking off of you.
Odd socks rule
glad it went well, we thinking off of you.
Odd socks rule
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xxx (I think I only have one free post left now so my next one better be a good one
I am not quite sure what, who or how Lauren, but your status now shows you as a paid up member
welcome aboard, make the next post a good one, but then come back and tell us more x
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i can never find the right words, but just want to say that your dad and your mum have raised a very, very special and caring young lady, good on you sweetheart, you've made them very proud today..
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Lauren is a funster now so will have to come on meets as long as she has the Internet!!!I am not quite sure what, who or how Lauren, but your status now shows you as a paid up member
welcome aboard, make the next post a good one, but then come back and tell us more x
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What a lovely memorial for your Dad. He would be very proud.
Both myself and Catherine lost a parent way too early and can understand your pain.
We only met your Dad very briefly at the Malvern motorhome show so cannot say we knew him. But from all the lovely words you and others have said we feel we at least now knew him a bit.
What a fabulous send off you all gave him.
Our thoughts are with you all
John and Catherine x
Both myself and Catherine lost a parent way too early and can understand your pain.
We only met your Dad very briefly at the Malvern motorhome show so cannot say we knew him. But from all the lovely words you and others have said we feel we at least now knew him a bit.
What a fabulous send off you all gave him.
Our thoughts are with you all
John and Catherine x
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