17
DAD

My Dad

Embed Size (px)

DESCRIPTION

Feeling a blue right now. Yesterday morning at sunrise me and the boys held a private memorial service down at our local estuary for my dad who recently passed away. The four of us read poems, messages and prayers and I put together some pictures and music of the 3 months he spent with us in Australia for the funeral in the UK and for our little service. I will post via slide share for those of you who would like to view it

Citation preview

  • 1. DAD

2. DAD HAS GONE AND I CAN ONLY SPEAK OFMY RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM AND MY EXPERIENCE OF HIM AND TO ME HE WAS EVERYTHING. 3. HE WAS A KIND AND LOVINGFATHER AND A WONDERFULGRANDFATHER, HIS QUIET WISDOM WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. 4. I CREDIT MY ACHIEVEMENTS AND THE PERSON THAT I AMTODAY TO MY DAD. THROUGHOUT MY LIFE HE ADVISED ANDENCOURAGED ME. HE TOLD MY TO GRAB OPPORTUNITIES AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL. AND FOR THAT I WILL BE ETERNALLY GRATEFUL. 5. MY LASTING MEMORY OF DAD IS OF HISDETERMINATION TO MAKE IT OUT HERE TOAUSTRALIA AND HIS JOY AT FINALLY STEPPING ONTO AUSTRALIAN SOIL. 6. WE HAD A WONDERFUL 3 MONTHS TOGETHER AND THAT IS A SPECIAL TIME THAT ME, STEVE, RHYS AND RYAN WILLALWAYS KEEP CLOSE TO OUR HEARTS ANDFOREVER IN OUR MEMORIES. 7. AT THE SAME TIME AS THE SERVICE IS TAKINGPLACE IN ENGLAND, WE WILL BE SAYING OUROWN QUIET GOODBYE TO DAD DOWN AT OUR LOCAL ESTUARY. 8. WE PLAN TO WATCH THE SUNRISE TOGETHER ANDTHE BOYS WILL BE READING THEIR PERSONALMESSAGES WHICH THEY HAVE WRITTEN TO THEIR GRANDDAD. 9. STEVE WILL BE READING A SERMONWHICH HE HAS PREPARED. 10. AND WE WILL ALLSAY A PRAYER AND WORDS OF REMEMBRANCE. 11. WE WILL BE ENDING OUR SERVICE BYSCATTERING FLOWERS ONTO THE WATER. 12. DAD LOVED THE ESTUARY, IT WAS HIS FAVORITE SPOT. 13. HE LOVED THE PEACE. 14. HE LOVED THE WILDLIFE. 15. HE LOVED THE SERENE, NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE PLACE. 16. DAD WANTED US TO ALWAYS REMEMBER HIM AS HE WAS WHEN HE WAS HERE AND I KNOW THAT HEWOULD BE HAPPY TO THINK THAT WE ARE HOLDINGOUR SERVICE FOR HIM IN OUR SPECIAL PLACE. 17. FAREWELL FROM YOUR EVER LOVING DAUGHTERAVERIL, YOUR SON-IN LAWSTEVE AND YOURGRANDSONS RHYS ANDRYAN