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Not all anniversaries are happy. Today the second year since my eldest son of my heart, Reece died. He was to my mind a kind person. Today my verse to remember my kind son is Eph 4:32 "become kind to one another, tenderly compassionate, freely forgiving." May we all live into or be resurrected when the whole world is kind.
Thinking about my darling son. Wish I had more time. Love you forever. Mom
Welles (dad) in tears as he cleaned his bedside table and found a beautiful coaster that Reece Made him. Ceramic...Yellow and Orange. It says "I love you Dad"
Welles (dad) has been thinking about the weekend when I went away. We were living in Carlisle house. He and Reece had been on a job and loaded Reece's car full of timber. That weekend Reece and he made me the most beautiful bookshelf in the whole world. Big chunks of dark rough wood - celing to floor. I now use it in my kitchen for all my crockery. Welles was so upset when I moved it down without telling him as I removed one shelf to fit this large bookshelf in the slightly lower kitchen. Their gift to me. That was Reece - over and over.
I met him 9 years ago in Melbourne. I can only cherish those beautiful eyes and smiles. I will never forget his beautiful heart. I still remember how we would walked down the Yarra Street every weekend, rain or shine to have our meals down at Lentils. I still remember all the talks we had waiting for the train. I’ll miss you.
Met Gran and I at Sydney station and then pushed my luggage around for the rest of the afternoon (after a long shift he'd worked)
I was with Keren the day Reece was born! Keren knew he was coming but no Doctor to be seen at Stellenbosch hospital. My memory was of Keren shouting full throttle: “he is coming” the nurse running around telling her she has to wait!!! And come he did…. Keren can confirm but sure the Doctor had not yet arrived. What I remember is Keren saying… Shell he is so beautiful! My other memory was of Reece coming to visit me at the age of approx 10, it was a treat staying in Cape Town without the other kids!! I decided to take him to movies at the Blue Route shopping center. We parked, and on getting out Reece tripped over a ledge in the car park. Breaking the bone in his arm, clean break. The arm was hanging at 90 degree angle. I was freaked out and trying to stay calm and get him to hospital!!! Reece kept saying, don’t worry Aunty Shelley I’m ok!! He was mortified at the fuss and missing out on movies. No drama at all, he took it in his stride!! Silly story,amazing the things we remember… what a sweet sweet child he was. Thinking of you all today. Very very very hard Love you Shelley
Penny Walden
Penny Walden
I will never forget the day I met Reece, such a polite young man I thought. It was while we were both in MIQ, such a challenging place. It was comforting to have made a friend and to know I was not alone. I will forever cherish every word of our conversations and our caught off guard wardrobe dilemma’s!! Who would have known we would go on to discover we had so much in common! and as Reece said “ but we’re from different generations!!” I can just picture Reece at school having followed me through those same school gates a generation later. I can only hope they were fun times I suspect they were. I wish we could have had more time and left off where we started however the memory of my time with Reece will forever be in my heart. Thank you Reece for carrying my letter with you. I know it meant so much to you it meant the world to me. So very missed my friend. Penny x
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