Friday 4th August
Florida weather
Sunny and so hot
Wishing you were here
Missing you a lot
Sitting by the pool
You’d be jumping in
Splashing and swimming
With a great big grin
My Angel
Darling son
xxxxxx
Aug4
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Aug3
Early morning
Thursday 3rd August
A sunny, early morning saw us sitting by the pool before eight o’clock, sipping on coffee. Being relatively quiet at that time, we could enjoy the sounds of the fountains and waterfalls, rather than noisy children! A couple of hours later, many families and young ones began making their presence known, splashing about enjoying their surroundings.
A sultry midday, with temperatures reaching above 100°F, and we decided to go out in the car; exploring, shopping and finding somewhere cool for lunch.
By the time we returned, the skies were turning a lovely dark purple, and barely five minutes after we had come through the door, the heavens opened, with monsoon like downpours. We were so fortunate.
Missing you sweetie.
Think you would like being back here very much.
Love you Angel
xxxxxx
Aug2
Off to Orlando
Wednesday 2nd August
Awakening super early this morning, because we’re still on UK time, we watched the television news reporting flooding in Miami the previous evening and cars still abandoned in streets with over a foot of water. In some parts, 8.7 inches of rain fell, with thunder and lightning. No wonder our flight had been bumpy, and was forced to fly a route south, almost halfway to Cuba, back over the Keys and Everglades, before coming into Miami ~ all to avoid the storm.
Having collected our hire car, we drove along the Dolphin Expressway, then onto the Florida Turnpike all the way to Orlando where we’ll be for a week.
We first came to Orlando in the summer, in 1996 with you and your brother, and back again most years since, and a for a few Christmases too. You loved the place, and had so much fun here: the theme parks with their white knuckle rides, water parks, shopping, food, different television programmes, and people watching.
We so wish you were with us now, complete with itinerary clutched in your hand, your face beaming with expectant excitement, and pocket money for comics, books and DVD’s.
This is the first time we’ve been back in Orlando since the summer of 2014, your last visit here. It feels strange, a little quiet without you, and a lot less fun. But we’ve brought along Frankie Angel bear and the Grinch; so you’re with us in spirit, and always, always in my heart.
Miss you each and every day
Love you forever
Darling Angel son
xxxxxx
Late evening sun, at our resort in Orlando, August 2014. You had found a book about horses and ponies
Aug2
Miami
Tuesday 1st August
Safely in Miami
Nine long hours of flying
Bumpy flight, thunderstorms
So electrifying!
Been up since five thirty
So early this morning
Twenty hours later
Almost time for dawning.
Sleep tight sweetheart
Love you forever
Angel son
xxxxxx
Jul31
Off to London
Monday 31st July
Off to London
To catch a plane
Across the ocean
Summer smiles again
Flying tomorrow
A quick getaway
Taking you with us
For holiday play
Flight to Miami
An East coast road trip
Visiting good friends
Blue seas for a dip
Fly high sweetheart
Beloved Angel son
xxxxxx
Jul30
Life, right now
Sunday 30th July
Emptiness and togetherness
Collision and coexistence
Fragility and strength
Tears and laughter
Heartache and hope
Nothing and everything
Turbulence and tranquility
Two opposing states
Instantaneously
Life, right now
Love you sweetheart
Missing you always
Darling Angel son
xxxxxx
A new angel for you sweetie
Bright and sunny on the beach
Low tide and a few fluffy clouds
Jul29
Angry Bird
Saturday 29th July
Frank the funny Angry Bird
Always having a laugh and a joke
A sense of humour, spreading cheer
And such happiness he would evoke
We miss everything about you
Our darling Angel son
xxxxxx
On this day, 29th July 2012 ~ five years ago
And still no sign of the sun
Jul28
Not
Friday 28th July
Hiding the hurt
Behind a smile
Sometimes it works
Other times not…
Hiding the tears
Behind blue eyes
Sometimes it works
Other times not…
Hiding the pain
Inside my heart
Sometimes it works
Other times not…
One of those days
I’ll say I’m fine
No matter what
But really not…
I’m missing you sweetie
Love you lots
Angel son
xxxxxx
No sun today
Only a few on the beach
Jul27
I smiled
Thursday 27th July
I smiled today, whilst thinking of you
I cried too, with memories anew
I sighed a little, our love so true
I grieve so much, feeling quite blue
I whisper to you, just wish you knew
I dream of you, that you made it through
I keep on loving you, as I always do
I smiled today, whilst thinking of you.
Another Thursday
124 weeks
868 days
Missing you today, so very much
Sweetheart Angel son
xxxxxx
So many holidaymakers in the surf: the lifeguards have their work cut out
Tents, windbreaks, parasols all vie for space on the sand
Many colourful boats in the harbour
Jul26
Summer rain
Wednesday 26th July
My Angel sleeps beneath the summer rain
A gentle mist is washing away the pain
Drenching the flowers that we maintain
Heightening the colours that they contain
So in our hearts your love does remain
We miss you so very much
Darling Angel son
xxxxxx
Yachts in the mizzle, on a grey morning
The Journey of My Left Foot (whilst remembering my son) 