Thank you all for your kind words and condolences it truly means a lot. :hug:

It makes me smile thinking of mum trying to get into Fizzle - she managed but it wasn't very dignified as she fell back across the seats and her legs went in the air! Getting out was a bit difficult so we stuck with Twizzle the mk3.

She liked that I got out and about with you guys and I look forward to catching up with you all during the next few months.

John

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Sorry to hear that John.

Hope to see you soon.

Dom

So sorry to hear of your sad loss. Nothing I can say will ease the pain, only time and reflection can do that.
One thing I can say though, I'm proud to be a member of a forum where the members are so supportive of each other.

John, only just seen this. All I can do is eco what others have said, our thoughts are with you and your family.

Thanks again everyone :hug:

I'm going to have to sell the mk3 as I have no income at the moment and it was really just to make life easier for mum.

I'll put an add up tomorrow, would prefer it to go to a forum member rather than "we underpay for any car" or the hassle of advertising it/hawking it around local dealers.

Twizzle is an 09 mk3 1.2 dynamic eco. with aircon and £30 a year tax. FSH 19,500miles in red with roofbars, mats and boot protector. /comes fitted with alpine head unit (ipod/usb compatible) and original stereo unit also. £3k for quick sale to forum member.

Very sad to hear of your loss. I'm lucky because both my parents are still with us, but 85 and 80 now. That is lucky, but it also means I'm going to have to go through the same loss as you some time in the pretty near future.

The only thing all of us can do is to make the most of our time together. When you're young you can't wait to get older. When you're 16 you can't wait until you're 17 and you can drive a car. Then you really want to be 18 so you don't get thrown out of pubs for being underage. Then you want to be 21 so you can graduate if at Uni or move onto a higher wage band.

The trouble is that although the future seems a hell of a long way away, the past seems to have been just around the corner.

We should all try and spend more time with them because when they're gone, there's no way we can get them back.

I've been lucky in that I was able to work with my dad for the last year of his life and support my mum for the last 2 and half years since his passing. They were both from large families being the youngest of five children each and both were the last to go, and both in their late seventies.
That said none of us know our fate of course, I feel priviledged that I was able to say my goodbyes to mum and be with her at the end, which none of us did with dad.

On a beautiful spring afternoon mum has been laid to rest next to dad. The service and afternoon tea which followed were attended by mum and dad's many cousins, family and friends.
It had been a painful seperation for mum from dad and it gives me and many more of the family some comfort to think of them reunited once more.

God bless them both.

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God bless them both.

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And god bless you.... :hug:

I managed to miss this completely! So sorry to hear all this, sounds like you had the best time possible with your mum at the end though and you'll always be thankful of that. Glad the sun shone for you all yesterday and your mum is resting with your dad now.

Our thoughts and prayers are with you - God bless both of them.:hug:


Dave

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Thanks once again everyone for your kind words, thoughts and prayers.

See you all soon.

It's still hard this being bereaved lark.

I was hoping to stay in the bungalow we shared but it doesn't look like that will be possible.

I rang to view two properties in my price range and both were sold.

Back to being in home limbo again like we were after dad passed and the farm had to be sold.

I'm trying to see moving as a positive thing, fresh start and all that.

Only good news on the month anniversary of mum passing is that I've secured a start date for the part time job I couldn't start 5 weeks ago.

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It's still hard this being bereaved lark.

I was hoping to stay in the bungalow we shared but it doesn't look like that will be possible.

I rang to view two properties in my price range and both were sold.

Back to being in home limbo again like we were after dad passed and the farm had to be sold.

I'm trying to see moving as a positive thing, fresh start and all that.

Only good news on the month anniversary of mum passing is that I've secured a start date for the part time job I couldn't start 5 weeks ago.

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Sorry to hear about your home situation, but pleased about the job situation! I hope things are starting to look up and this will be a positive move for you.

Well here is as good as anywhere for a bit of an update on my situation.

I'm leaving the home (nr York) I shared with mum on the 1st of August to move into a rented house nr Halifax. My siblings will then take care of the house clearance and subsequent sale. It's been difficult staying on whilst probate was granted, ironically though I just got a move into a really good dept at work !

I will be moving to the Halifax branch at work and there's a whiff of a pay rise if they like what I do.
Long term I plan to buy a property around the Halifax area as it's much more reasonably priced for my budget.

As some of you know I was adopted as a baby by my parents in York, some years ago I traced and found my birth parents (my birth father passed a few years ago now) and a full brother though lucky for him we don't share any features apart from height!

After losing Dad (3 years ago next week) and Mum I'm the last of my family to live in the York for many generations, however history has no guarantee of future happiness and indeed it has been difficult to be last man standing here.

So I'm departing York to re-join Lynne and Richard (birth mum and brother) in Halifax and hopefully begin a new chapter in my life, 2 Panda's in tow, one small dog and a bit of hope that there is finally a bit of light at the end of the tunnel.

best of luck mate.

Sounds like some big changes afoot. Hope it all works out for you.

Good luck bud you know I'm around if you need me

Good luck, John! :hug: