Candy
Biscuit Tin Guardian
- Location
- West Yorkshire, UK
Tomorrow would have been Trevor's 70th birthday and we knew we were going to have to do something special. Here are our plans:
His daughters, Donna and Melanie have both booked the day off work and in the morning the three of us will walk our dogs through North Dean Woods and up across Norland Moor. Joy has met Donna's dog, Blossom, an 8 year old rescue Lab-something cross, but she hasn't met Mel's Jax, a 4 year old Doberman. Jax is huge. Not fat, just huge, so I think Joy may be a little anxious about him at first. However he's a lovely, goofy, silly, gentle dog, so I'm pretty sure they'll be fine together.
After the walk it'll be home to wash the mud off, then in the early evening everyone will come to my house. 'Everyone' is Trevor's son Dan, with his son Zach (14) Mel's husband, Marcus, with their two children, Cassidy (12) and Nia (9). We'll also be joined by an old friend of Trevor's from the Fire Service and his wife, and two other couples, the friends who have done the most looking after me lately, dear friends of Trevor's and mine. Nia is going to read out a poem she has written about her Grandad and then I'm giving all three grandchildren a bear each. These have been made from three of Trevor's favourite shirts and are called Memory Bears. Mel found someone locally who makes them, and they're gorgeous. Then Miff, (ex fire fighter) is going to light an ENORMOUS firework. This, I have been assured is not particularly loud but will be quite spectacular and should last for several minutes. Then we have a table for all 14 of us booked at a local Indian restaurant that has become a family favourite over the years.
I'm looking forward to it but also expecting a few tears to be shed, particularly around Nia's poem and the giving of the bears. Have warned people to bring tissues!
No rain dances for tomorrow please, we're all hoping for a bright day and a dry evening for the firework!
His daughters, Donna and Melanie have both booked the day off work and in the morning the three of us will walk our dogs through North Dean Woods and up across Norland Moor. Joy has met Donna's dog, Blossom, an 8 year old rescue Lab-something cross, but she hasn't met Mel's Jax, a 4 year old Doberman. Jax is huge. Not fat, just huge, so I think Joy may be a little anxious about him at first. However he's a lovely, goofy, silly, gentle dog, so I'm pretty sure they'll be fine together.
After the walk it'll be home to wash the mud off, then in the early evening everyone will come to my house. 'Everyone' is Trevor's son Dan, with his son Zach (14) Mel's husband, Marcus, with their two children, Cassidy (12) and Nia (9). We'll also be joined by an old friend of Trevor's from the Fire Service and his wife, and two other couples, the friends who have done the most looking after me lately, dear friends of Trevor's and mine. Nia is going to read out a poem she has written about her Grandad and then I'm giving all three grandchildren a bear each. These have been made from three of Trevor's favourite shirts and are called Memory Bears. Mel found someone locally who makes them, and they're gorgeous. Then Miff, (ex fire fighter) is going to light an ENORMOUS firework. This, I have been assured is not particularly loud but will be quite spectacular and should last for several minutes. Then we have a table for all 14 of us booked at a local Indian restaurant that has become a family favourite over the years.
I'm looking forward to it but also expecting a few tears to be shed, particularly around Nia's poem and the giving of the bears. Have warned people to bring tissues!
No rain dances for tomorrow please, we're all hoping for a bright day and a dry evening for the firework!
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