10 years today

 

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO MY SON...

Another year has passed and we miss our son dearly.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON, JOHN

All I can say today is
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY SON, JOHN.
Who would have been 26 today.

As we do every year, these are the balloons we let go into the sky for them to fly up to him.

His light is glowing in his favourite colour.

The rest says it all.

Thanks
Jo

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Thank you Jo.....

My son, goodbye.... I love you

This is a very hard day for me.
It is hard to move on but we just have to...

This is so true...


How would you describe it....

Another beautiful saying.. this explains it.

I can't say anymore

Not such a good day.

As the lead up to today slowly approached my mood started declining. It is a sad remeberance day.
It has been 5 years since losing my son and boy things have changed.

I'm not sure what to say but I miss him terribly.

TO MY BEAUTIFUL SON 

I LOVE YOU and MISS YOU.

Oh no, not again

I am writing this post with so much sadness. For the people that have been following me since I started blogging and know me personally they will understand so much of my pain.
On Friday morning I got a phone call with the most horrible news. It was my brother who had been in Melbourne for the night. I had only spoken to him the night before.
His news was that there had been a fatal car crash in his home town and that it was his 24year old son.😭😭😪😪  My brother and his wife had the most traumatic train trip home that morning. I immediately got in the car and travelled the 2 1/2 hours to be with him.
As tragic as this is it was only just over 2 years that this happened to me with my son. To have to relive this week is so unbelievable and painful. I still cry everyday for my son but now I know he will be showing and helping his cousin the way. I know what my brother and his wife are going through. They are apologetic to me for having to go through it again. This week is so hard.
My mum is not well enough to travel and this is the third grand child she has now lost. Yes, my 2 brothers and I have now all lost a son.
Understandably I am not sewing, posting or commenting on blogs. I have read the odd few. I am not sure what will happen this week or where I will be but I know I do have everyone's support.

I am so sorry to make such a sad post but I need to express myself somewhere. Thanks everyone for the calls and texts so far.

Hope to be back onboard soon.

More blocks have arrived and QUILT SHOW PREPARATIONS

I have received my 12" Log Cabin blocks.

My request was..... Cream tone on tone with grey, brown, black and a red centre.

Think MASCULINE.

I always get a lot of quilts done for children and females so I thought that this one would be for the guys. We only had to make 1 block but Traci is amazing and made me 2

 They will go in the box til a nice little stash grows.

This is done with Sue over at http://quiltingblockswapsaustralia.blogspot.com.au

I have been busy this week organising my quilt for Heathcote Quilt show.

I have been putting on hanging sleeves & labels.

Preparing the bags to put them in with name and phone number on them.

I am putting in 4 quilts...

Here they are.....

HILLY HOUSES

MY SON IS PIXELLATED

MY SON

THE LAST OF THE 

21st JIGSAW PUZZLES

5040  1"  MEMORIES

My Beautiful Daughter telling a tragic story

After the tragic loss of my 18 year old son 21 months ago my beautiful daughter submitted her story to DONATE LIFE.
It was accepted and the book has just been published.

Have a look at the many stories, some good and some not so good. 

Please consider becoming an organ donor in the hope that others can live after another has passed.

Yes, it is an extremely hard decision but because of my son and our families decision there are 6 other families out there that have a much better lifestyle now.

http://www.donatelife.gov.au/my-little-brother-my-big-hero

 My little brother, my big hero

http://www.donatelife.gov.au/read-book-life?story=925

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JOHN

On Thursday we celebrated what would have been my sons 20th birthday.

We went up to the Top of the Range Cafe at the Memorial Cross on top of Mount Macedon.

This is where we had his funeral.

There were 18 of us for lunch.

 Then we went outside and let go of his green (favourite colour) balloons.

Up, up they went, high into the sky. All while we called out HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I'm sure he was watching and laughing at us.

2nd prize

Thanks to all the people that came to the Kilmore Quilt Show this weekend.

It was great to see so many lovely quilts  on display and so many visitors.

I was lucky enough to win 2nd prize for "MY SON's" challenge quilt.

Thank you everyone.

I love Scrapbooking so I designed this layout based on a Scrapbooking page layout.

I have completed my challenge quilt for the Kilmore Quilt show this weekend.

It was to represent SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED & BLUE.

My interpretation is SOMETHING

old MEMORIES, new LOSS, borrowed TIME, blue MY FEELINGS

MY SON passed away 11 months ago.

I am linking up with Val at

MY SON

I have completed my challenge quilt for the Kilmore Quilt show this weekend.

It was to represent SOMETHING OLD, NEW, BORROWED & BLUE.

My interpretation is SOMETHING

old MEMORIES, new LOSS, borrowed TIME, blue MY FEELINGS.

My beautiful son passed away 11 months ago.

My quilt challenge

MY SON

I am doing a quilt challenge for my group.

Kilmore quilters

Something old, new, borrowed, blue.

This is what I have planned

Now to sew it.