Stormybay's Thread a bit of comfort in a hard world

AnW'sMum

Thanks twink, I have just got back from dropping them both off and now sat here in floods of tears and missing Ian like crazy He would have been so proud of William today.

Thinking of you today as well annie
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anniestar

AnW'sMum, I am so sorry that I forgot it was Williams first day. Hope everything goes really well for you all.I am sending you MEGA hugs. Yes Ian would be very proud of William today(and Alice as well) but I know that he will be watching you all and be feeling so proud of the amazing,strong, loving and capabile woman he married. Loads of love to you. A XX

AnW'sMum

Thanks Annie, he came out crying because he had seen his cousin and wanted to stay! Anyway think he has had a good time, he is now sat having got changed with some juice and sweeties for being a good boy

Alice was so excited to be taking her lil brother to school, she seems so much more grown up today.

Hope you are doing ok today and bet your mum loves the flowers you have chosen.

Hugs to everyone

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twink

didnt realise it was williams first day at school AnWsmum, so glad he got on ok, as annie said Ian will have been watching over you all as ever, too much has happened for me not to believe that
he will be so proud of you for bringing yours and his son up to be a confident little man to have coped so well today xx

anniestar

Well went up and it was beautiful. Sun shone and very peaceful. When I got home I went on the OS board and spent ages looking at a link to old dogs(boo hoo) DH came back from school armed with a bag (fun sized ones) of malteasers; a bar of chocolate, a book and some flowers as he was worried about me and felt guilty that he had to go into school!!!!!!!! I am so lucky, despite health problems, money worries and other "stuff" Iwouldn't change him for anything(most times LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!-JOKE) I am delighted William had a good day and Alice is enjoying her role as big sister. You all take care and again, thank you.A XXX

catznine

:hello: Hello Stormy!

Hope you and Rosie got on ok at the dentist.

Sorry it has been a while since I looked in, spring is always a bad time for me as Mum died 12 yrs ago on Mothers day. I am ok just needed some time to remember her and have found some lovely old photos of her when she was a glamorous young wife. I am going to have a go at making a nice scrapbooking page with one of them.

AnW's Mum - (((Hugs))) glad William got on ok on his first day at school!

Catz x

AnW'sMum

Hi everyone,

What a lovely day it has ben again. I took the opportunity to get a plaque engraved for Ian's bench so that I could put it there next to him. Really pleased with how it all looks and hope it will be a nice suprise for his mum and dad when they go either tomorrow or Friday.

Hope everyone is well, hugs to you all and extra special ones for those that need them.

Off for a soak before watching Grand Designs, which reminds me, Stormy how's the viewings going? Hope you have a positive outcome soon

Take care everyone

xxx

Stormybay

Hello Everyone, AnW'Mum, I'm so glad William was ok in school, I can't imagine how difficult it must have been for you, you are so strong.
Catz, I'm so sorry about your Mum, having old photo's is sad but lovely as you can have lots of remembering and nice memories.
Annie, I love going to 'see' my Mum when the sun is shining, it sort of lifts me and my Mum loved the sun and I know she would be smiling whilst the sun was shining, I'm glad you went to see yours on such a lovely day.
Hi Twink, nice to see you, hope you are well.
Hope everyone else is well.

I've had a week off as you know and on Sunday I decided to tackle the loft, which was John's office and where he spent most of his spare time, sorting stamps, watching the cricket/golf/football/rugby and any other sport available, where he searched the net, spoke to his son in the US and did Rosie's homw work with her. I have not been up there hardly since he died and his coat was still on the back of the chair and his cup, wallet, glasses case and everything else was exactly where he left it. On the outer bit was his fishing gear, golf clubs, camping gear (John Rosie and Ben went regularly in the school holidays). I had decided to get rid of some things, box up other stuff and get the loft ready for one of my sons to use as a bedroom, as they have been cramped together in a box room for many years, and now Ben worfks shifts so it has been very difficult.
Anyway the long and short of it is that it was sooo difficult, I did box up most of the smaller stuff and just COULD NOT 'get rid of anything at all!!! So it's ben moved to the shed ready to go into storage. I was off last week and was going to sort out all John's clothes that are still in the drawers and wardrobes in the bedroom. I opened the first drawer, saw John's clothes that he wore to go into hospital, cried, shut the drawer and did no more!
What do all you people do with your loved ones things? My Dad died last June and I emptied his whole house when we sold it, hired a trailer lock up and the whole house is now in stroage there that's cosing me £38 per month. I just can't get rid of Dad's stuff, so I have no chance with John's.

I'm back at work now, which is really busy and I still haven't caught up with my work e-mails from the week off.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, I need a drink,

Love and hugs to all

Stormy
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AnW'sMum

Well done Stormy on getting through this first week off since John died, it can't have been easy. Your loft sounds like a lovely haven what with all John's stuff there, good memories for you.

I can understand completely about you not wanting to get rid of anything yet, you have to do it at your own pace and time. There is no right time, I still have everything of Ian's and I can't believe that it is fast approaching June, where has this last year gone? As I have gone through paperwork sorting out/binning/shredding old stuff I have found little bits of paper that Ian made notes or doddled on and find it so hard to get rid of even those!!! What hope is there for me.

Thought you all might like to see William ready for his first day at school so keep your fingers crossed that I get this right! lol

Stormybay

Aw, that is so so lovely, doesn't he look like a big boy now. It seems years ago that mine had their first days at school, my goodness, it goes so fast, I can't beleive that my oldest, Jody is 22 this year, I can remember her first day at school like it was yesterday.
This picture has cheered me up AnW'sMum, thank you very much. I love the missing tooth
Stormy
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