Today marks the death of my 30 year old son, Kyle, in a motorbike accident 8 years ago. A day that changed my life forever because part of my heart no longer walks outside my body – it went to the grave with him. Missing you every single day my baby-boy (and your little boy… Continue reading 8th Anniversary of Kyle’s Death
Well another year has come and gone, as we learn to soldier on with the “new normal” for our family. I can tell you they are wrong when they say “It will get better in time” or “Time heals all wounds” – that might be the case for many things but not for the death… Continue reading 7th Anniversary of Kyle’s Death
The Compassionate Friends of WA always send me a card of comfort at this time of year. Every day without my son is difficult and some days are worse than others. I think this time of year is probably the hardest of all to even get out of bed. The 24th January 2016 changed our… Continue reading 6th Anniversary of Kyle’s Death
27 March 2020 – It’s been a long time since I posted here, but it doesn’t mean that things have not been happening for our family, that we have somehow forgotten Kyle or Cash, or that we have not continued to remember them and to celebrate and commemorate important dates to which they are connected… Continue reading A Big Backlog Condensed!
It’s been a while since I posted here to you, so I have lots to back capture and post from last year, including Kyle’s Birthday, Christmas, New Year and now today – the 3rd anniversary of his death. I am just about to leave and pick up two bunches of yellow roses, that I order… Continue reading 24th Jan 2019 – 3rd Anniversary of Kyle’s Death
Vince and I had booked a trip to Uluru, the unfinished part of our honeymoon cut short by Kyle’s death, in addition to a belated 3rd Wedding Anniversary Celebration and combination with Valentines Day – more bang for our buck! We left on the 11th Feb and returned on 17th Feb and Uluru and Kata… Continue reading Seeing Kyle’s Memorial Plaque in Situ for the First Time
The third part of Kyle’s Trilogy – the Crash Site, the Beach and now the Memorial Rock at Pinneroo was the last place I needed to visit to honour the 2nd Anniversary of his death. Although we are still waiting for his plaque to be ready so we can dedicate his memorial properly I still… Continue reading 25.1.2018 Flowers for Kyle’s Memorial Rock
It’s hard to accept that it’s been 2 years since Kyle died. Vince and I have had a horrible two years with a series of other family traumas on top of Kyle’s death. At breaking point we took a trip to Tasmania with the ANIMAL, Vince rode ahead and I joined him by flying into… Continue reading 2nd Anniversary of Kyle’s Death 2018
I found out in Dec that the rock we wanted could only fit a small plaque and I had certain ideas about what I wanted on the customised personal plaque so it was touch and go if it could be done. I put it out there that if it could fit then I would shout… Continue reading Kyle’s Memorial Plaque
They say the first year is the hardest after someone dies. The day itself was not as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, the week building up to it was worse, I really was not travelling very well at all. Highly emotional, teary and pretty much a mess. On the day I had… Continue reading First Anniversary of Kyle’s Death – 24.1.2017