Category Archives: cemetery

Feb4

Happy birthday Hank

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Saturday 4th February
  

Happy birthday to my father

A life well-lived and so fast-paced

He would be eighty five today

Always fun, never straight-laced.

  

And on World Cancer Day…………

My father ~ Pancreatic Cancer

My son ~ Testicular Cancer

Me ~ Metastatic Malignant Melanoma

   

Missing you my Angel father Hank

Missing you my Angel son Frank.

xxxxxx

Hank and I. August 2008

Hank and Prince Charles

4.2.1932  –  5.10.2009

Remembering when we were in Scotland and HRH Prince Charles was taken on a two hour, supersonic flying sortie with Hank in a Phantom fighter-bomber. The flight included an air-to-air refuelling exercise with a Victor tanker, taking on 1200 gallons of fuel. They flew as high as 40,000 feet and as low as 1000 feet, making a pass over Balmoral, (reported at the time, as an ‘extrovert flourish’).

Hank and his three children ~ me, my sister and brother ~ early 70’s 

Hank and my mum. Receiving the bar to his AFC

Phantoms over Scotland

Feb2

Looking up

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Thursday 2nd February
  

Looking up to see my Angel

As storm clouds go hurrying by

Just hoping that you’re there

And can see me as you fly.

  

The wind is blowing briskly

Rustling through swaying trees

Is that your whisper I hear

As twigs snap in the strong breeze?

  

Squally gusts whipping up waves

Blowing surf across the beach

Are you there darling Angel?

So near, yet just out of reach.

  

Missing you

Thinking of you

Love you

xxxxxx

  

  

Feb1

A little sunshine

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Wednesday 1st February
  

A little sunshine between the showers

Some good betwixt the melancholy

Blue skies amidst the cold and grey

A few smiles among the falling tears

Many memories surrounded by regrets

Silver linings bounded by storms

And…..

Life now, between then and next.

  

I miss you sweetie

Beloved Angel son

xxxxxx

A sunny harbour just after heavy showers

Blue skies for a while

Sunny Porthmeor Beach

Reaching skyward

Jan31

A different path

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Tuesday 31st January
  

Now I walk a different path

One which wasn’t meant for me

A path that appeared in an instant

When from this life, you were set free.

  

There is a path parallel to mine

Which you and I together follow

Side by side, we’re still exploring

Not worrying about tomorrow.

  

I can clearly see this other path

But its route is closed off to me

The only time I can walk with you

Is in an alternate reality.

  

So forward I go, at my own pace

Carrying you with me in my heart

Making progress, not getting lost

Closer to you, not further apart.

  

Love you forever

Sweetheart Angel son.

xxxxxx

 

Jan30

Now forever young

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Monday 30th January
  

Placid baby

Sitting on my knee.

Happy toddler

Such a quick crawler.

Challenging child

Loved it when you smiled.

Book reading boy

Bringing so much joy.

Such a cheeky chap 

Overcoming handicap.

A growing lad

Sometimes driving us mad.

Horse riding teenager

Enjoying outdoors and nature.

A well-travelled young man

Having fun was the plan.

Becoming an independent adult

So happy with the result.

Suddenly an Angel

Your passing, so painful.

My dearest darling son

Now forever young.

xxxxxx

Mist and fog create sparking droplets on your roses

Misty and grey today

Steps to the sand

Jan29

Love you

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Sunday 29th January
  

I miss you 

But you’re not here

I love you

But you’re in heaven.

I think about you

Makes no difference

I love you

So many memories.

I talk to you

But you don’t reply

I love you

Thirty years of happiness.

I look for you

Never gonna find you

I love you

You’re in my heart.

I listen out for you

But there’s no sound

I love you

My darling son.

I want you here

Not gonna happen.

I love you

My precious Angel.

xxxxxx

Jan28

Walking with the pain

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Saturday 28th January
   

Walking with the pain

Smiling through the heartache

Breathing along with stress

Functioning but close to tears

Traveling with excess baggage

Appearing normal yet crushed

Reminiscing with a heavy heart

Loving you beyond the stars 

My precious Angel son

xxxxxx

Sunny Saturday at the harbour

Jan26

Live on

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Thursday 26th January
  

Trying so hard to hide the pain

Smiling through tears about to fall

I know I’ll keep on saying your name

With so many memories to recall.

  

You filled our lives with so much fun

It’s quite surreal to think you’ve gone

You’re now in heaven my Angel son

But safe in my heart, you will live on.

  

My sweetie pie

xxxxxx