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Dear Lily…..Thank you x

Joey Jones11 Comments

Describe a positive thing a family member has done for you.

Today, once at again I’m tapping away on my tablet, with my left hand only. The dog currently commandeering the whole of my right side. Lily would smile at this comical stance, I’m sure. She liked dogs and had a lovely thick coated crossbreed called Darkie. There was a cat at her house too. Liquorice a tabby plus.

Genetically I wasn’t related to Lily, but she did more for me in the years she looked after me than anything my blood relatives ever did. Today I would like to honour her and give thanks for everything.

I was only two weeks old when this wonderful soul came into our lives. With two young sons and a new baby my mom was struggling to cope. I am sure my dad would have been of little or no help at all.

And so it was when Lily’s own daughter fled the nest ( more about her (SB) in a future post) that I was invited into the void she had left behind, her bedroom became mine and I was safe. At the same time my own mom had fled, too. Without the safety net which was Lily I don’t know how I would have coped, at all.

There is so much more to write about her and my life with her, but for now to answer the DP. What positive thing a family member has done for me? The answer is she did everything she possibly could do for me. I thank you. R.I.P đź’ś

*Also, thank you SB for sharing your mom with me x

Arthur….I haven’t forgotten you x

11 thoughts on “Dear Lily…..Thank you x”

  6. Some people come into our lives like soft rain on a dry day. They don’t ask questions. They just stay, holding up the roof when it’s about to fall. Lily sounds like that kind of person. She didn’t just give you a room—she gave you a place to breathe, to grow, to feel safe. That kind of love doesn’t end. It stays in your bones, like a song you don’t hear anymore but still hum without knowing.

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