We attended The Compassionate Friends annual Candlelight Memorial Service at St Georges Cathedral , Perth on Sunday 11th Dec 2016. Although neither myself nor Kyle is religious, his stepfather, Vince, and I attended to honour his memory and the fact he will be missing from us this Christmas. I was told the service was not… Continue reading Candlelight Memorial Service St Georges Cathedral Perth 11.12.16
The night my son died, he was not being the most responsible on his motorbike. He did not have the proper protective gear (wearing an open face helmet no goggles, singlet, jeans and thongs), had been drinking, was on a totally unfamiliar country road, at night with no streetlights and speeding with his friends. He… Continue reading Kyle’s Crash Site….a strangely tranquil place
They say the first year that someone has gone is the hardest, and Kyle’s birthday on Wed 23rd Nov 2016 would have been his 31st. I was overseas on my 12 month honeymoon for his 30th birthday, and although we spoke on the phone, we had intended to have a special dinner when I got… Continue reading Birthday Celebration of Kyle’s Life – 23rd Nov 2016
On 24th July the family got together to mark 6 months since Kyle’s passing. He was intending to build me a waterfreature, that he was going to tile with dragonfly tiles for me when I moved from our house in Karrinyup to my new home in Tapping in March 2013. Kyle was always so busy,… Continue reading 6 Mth Memorial Waterfeature
I joined the Compassionate Friends (Heathridge) group which supports bereaved parents. One of the women there told me how she made a healing quilt from the clothes of her little girls. I decided to make a quilt each for myself (15th May 2016), my daughter (12th July 2016) and Kyle’s girlfriend. This is my quilt… Continue reading Quilts from Kyles Clothes
Kyle and I would joke that we were “Champagne Charlie on a Beer Man’s Wage”. My father calls me Lady Di (after Princess Dianne of Wales) because I have always appreciated the finer things in life. One of my very favourite Champagnes is Moet Chandon. It appears at most of our special family times and… Continue reading Mother’s Day without my Kyle Stevie, My Main Man, My Mr Muscle – Sunday 8th May 2016
Kyle was fascinated by tattoos, and actually sketched a few of his own designs. When he was a teenager he even drew on himself with permanent marker! As his Mother, I managed to ward of the evils of ink for a while, with the age old “I grew that body and you’re not marking it… Continue reading YaYa’s Tattoo 2nd Feb 2016