Loving Birthday in Memory of My Dad

[Rhona]

My father died when I was 16 - he was very young, and a very keen gardener and GYO'er. Every time I plant a seed, or look at something I've grown, I think how my father's still sort of around, inspiring me. If I can be half the parent that either my mother or father were when we were growing up, then I'll be doing well.

It's nice to think that our loved ones live on through the good things that we do, that we learned from them.

[bramble]

Ollie, thats such a sad story.

[enrich100]

My father died when I was 16 - he was very young, and a very keen gardener and GYO'er. Every time I plant a seed, or look at something I've grown, I think how my father's still sort of around, inspiring me. If I can be half the parent that either my mother or father were when we were growing up, then I'll be doing well.

It's nice to think that our loved ones live on through the good things that we do, that we learned from them.

we have a family tradition of planting a tree when we lose a family member, personally I feel nothing at a grave but I can talk to the trees knowing they are a living memorial to them, luckily the trees are around our fields back where i grew up so I don't look to mad in the middle of a field explaining my feelings to a tree