I don’t really know where to start as words don’t really do justice to fully describe David to you. David was my brother-in-law – Marc, my husband, was the eldest. We lost David on 26th September 2008 to SADS and it was the day our lives changed forever. David had been to work on a normal
My daughter Deborah Louise (Debbie) was the eldest of the family, our other children Michael and Martin, were both devastated at her death. To me Debbie was not only a wonderful mother to her three children, she was also my best friend and confidante. Debbie lived in the same village as me and every day without
How were we to know that this was the last day of Phil’s life? I had received a text on Wednesday June 27th at 7pm. “Looking forward to seeing you at the weekend, love Phil.” I had been on a ‘Mentors’ course at Southampton General Hospital on the Thursday afternoon, stimulating and interesting. I had bought
Our beautiful son Michael passed away on 4th February 2012 at the age of 28 years. Our lives will never be the same again. We are left devastated and heartbroken. We love Michael so dearly. Michael burst into the world on 16th April 1983, a younger brother for Frazer. Michael was a kind, loving, devoted son
I really need to share Jordan’s story! Jord (as we always call him) was 19 years old. When he turned 18, he chose to buy a one-way ticket to San Francisco, California. Jord wrote me a beautiful note, saying he wanted to find himself in this world – I have that note framed now! He expressed
Our beautiful, kind, clever, fun-loving daughter died at home on the evening of 14th December 2011. She was fifteen years old, in perfect health and with everything in life to live for. On the day after her death, when we were in deepest shock, we discovered that our darling daughter had trended on Twitter as the
My son Adam was 23 years old when he passed away in his sleep on 7th July 2011, the day my world changed forever. Adam was a fit and seemingly healthy young man, a non-smoker who regularly exercised through cycling and walking. He didn’t take any drugs, but liked a few drinks on weekends; nothing abnormal
Our son, Andrew Neil Mogg, died on 14th June 2009 while out running – one day after his 22nd birthday. Andrew had always been a fit, healthy young man who was always out running or at the gym. He started to get palpitations in September 2008. He went to the Medical Centre and had an ECG
Tony had moderate learning difficulties all of his life and was classed as having special needs – although he had absolutely no trouble playing his Xbox. Tony was a great lover of gaming consoles. It was Sunday 24th January; the day started like any other day, the only difference being we had a Christening to attend.
On 13th January 2011, our lives were changed forever. My lovely son Alex passed away. Alex was 3 weeks off his nineteenth birthday. He was a typical teenage lad, liked nights out with his friends and spent a lot of time with his girlfriend of almost 3 years, Jodie. He had been to work that day