Tributes
This page is my way of giving something back to
the women who have had such a huge influence on my life ... yet are not
here with me today. There will be no photos of either Mel or Beth here
..... rather, I hope through my words you will come to know a little of
what these two special people meant to me.
Bethany
(25/2/75 - 27/9/96)
Bethany ... my love .. my angel. Hell babe, we had
a blast didn't we? I pray everyday that you know how much I loved you ....
how much I still do love you. You ... with your beautiful smile and loving
heart gave me a gift I can never repay ... you taught me how to laugh again.
And whilst some will tell you I still forget how some days .... I know
all I have to do to be near you is go to our beach and sit ... and that
you will come to me with your love. I'm never going to forget the days,
hours we spent together .... that silly argument that brought us together
... ~~L~~ babe, even today your stand on that issue will never cease to
amaze me ... you knew what you wanted ... and you weren't going to give
up till you got it. Lucky for
me ... I wanted something pretty similar. Who
knows if we would be together right now? I can't question that. I know
that the love we had would have lasted till the end of time. It was the
kind that comes along once in a lifetime ... the knowledge that can only
come when you have found your soul mate ... the one with whom it has been
preordained that you find an love. I will never understand why we had so
little time together ... or what purpose us finding each other has served
... I do know that my life has been made so much richer by your love. .....
I can only wait for the day we are together again. Your love has given
me the strength and determination never to give up ... even those days
when life seems more hopeless and stupid than ever before. I know that
you will always be by my side guiding the path I take through life. I love
you my darling ..... and always will.
Mel
My friend .... What can I say? You were the life
of every party ... your laughter could bring a smile to anyone's face.
You certainly were the sunshine in my life .... and I know I speak for
both Jai and I when I say that our lives would have been so terribly different
if you hadn't befriended one lonely little grrl in Fiji. I know we didn't
always see eye to eye over some things ... but we made up in style ...
~~L~~ and usually in a fashion our respective other halves would have loved
to join in with! ~~L~~ But was more fun just us, ehh? You know I miss you
.... I wish I had just once told you how much I loved you. Because I did
you know. A lot. You were the only person who stood by me when Jai up and
disappeared. It was you who tried to get others to cut me a little slack
.. was you who loved me despite all that happened. And you that I still
ask for advice ..... I'm always going to luv you Mel ... and I know that
you are with my Bethany, and our Jess-Anne ... watching over us all and
keeping us safe.
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