Sunday, January 17, 2021
I love you Nana Beryl, so so much. Thank you for being mine. Thank you for all your endless love, laughs, smiles and the memories I will cherish forever.
Thank you for dancing round the living room countless number of times to 'ring of roses we all fall down!' and 'nelly the elephant', even though your legs must have been exhausted you kept going! Thank you for joining in all the songs we used to sing even if you didn't know the words! I would always stop singing at church when you came to England to visit just so that I could listen to your voice. Thanks for tolerating our wet slimy cuddles as we came out the paddling pool in summer, and for sharing our love for our guinea pigs listening to our long winded stories about them and being left to hold them whilst we ran off and played. Thank you for recording yourself reading all those Disney books, bedtimes were always the best when we had you reading us our bedtime story, even if you weren't there in person. Every birthday and Christmas I would be hanging near the phone waiting for you both to start singing down it to wish us love and celebrations. Thanks for sitting in a freezing cold ice rink to watch us skate. And especially for volunteering to take me to tennis when you came to visit, a shared hobby of ours, you were always my biggest cheerleader and knew how to keep me smiling. Thanks for sitting and listening to me play my guitar over and over until I got the song I wanted to play you right. The worst parts were hugging you goodbye everytime you had to leave England, you would always have tears in your eyes which made it extra hard. Thanks for having the most contagious laugh and never loosing that. I hope that in the last 5 years I've been able to give you the love and laughs you gave me growing up as you needed caring for yourself. Let's not forget the time you ate the flower behind my back when I turned around for 2 seconds, or when you almost let the rabbit run away! I would give the entire world just to have one more moment with you, even just to brush & plait your hair.
We were so sad to miss our 2020 visit due to covid, and are absolutely heart broken that we couldn't give you one last hug and kiss. We miss you so much already. Covid robbed us of holding your hand at the end, and of a proper funeral goodbye. Our hearts are breaking, you deserved all of that and even more. But we know that you're our shining star every night and that you are smiling down on us every day, especially now that you have granddad up there to cause mischief & make you laugh; back together again, the way you're meant to be. If there's anyone I want to grow to be like, it's you; so selfless, caring & loving your entire life. Thank you for being the greatest role model. We love you forevermore. Keep shining bright my star, my angel, and sleep tight. I miss you so much already nana. I don't want to say goodbye, but I know I have to, so sleep tight and know we will never ever forget you. Xxxxxxxxxxx
