In Memoriam for John PENRY

Happy heavenly 80th birthday Dad. 4/1/26

We love and miss you so much. It seems wrong that you are not here and have missed so much too

8 Christmases
9 birthdays (107 including all of ours)
2,996 days not speaking to you every day on the phone, even if I had seen you, to see if the boys and I are ok, and if Mike needed anything.
8 years and 3 months of the boys being without their Grandad who would do anything for them -day or night and loved them so much and showed it in everything he did from the moment he knew they were going to be born and wanted to spend every minute with them.

2 more beautiful grandsons.

And all the other moments big and small we have missed.

I wish I could get you back
I wish I could hear your voice
I wish I could hear you laugh
I wish I could talk to you
I wish I could hug you
I wish I could visit you
I wish you could visit me
I wish I could ask for advice
I wish I could see you
I wish you had had the gift of growing older
I wish I could go for a drive with you
I wish I could watch TV with you
I wish we could discuss politics and what the hell has happened to the world
I wish I didn’t instinctively want to call you still or look for you
I wish I could retreat to you
I wish I could turn back time.
I wish I could believe that everything will be ok
I wish I could view the world like before
I wish other people could understand
I wish life could be the same again
I wish I didn’t still need my Dad every day but I do.

Memories keep you close to me and you are always with me but it’s nothing in comparison to what I once had.

The song “I just called to say I love you” has taken on a new meaning now but one of my earliest memories is dancing with you in Majorca and so today I will listen to that, eat your favourite meal and have fireworks for you.

I love you Dad. All my love, for now and ever, until you come to meet me H x

Dad, I can’t believe 8 years have passed. I would do anything to get you back. I miss you every day. The pain of losing you will never go away and I don’t think I will ever recover. You were always there for me and I’m lost without you. I need my dad and my boys need their grandad. If love could have saved you, you would have lived forever and I would have looked after you. Until you come for me, all my love for now and always H x

Miss you Dad. Wish you were here for my birthday and every day.

Happy birthday Dad. I wish you were here and think of you every day. If only we could get you back. Life will never be the same without you.
All my love for now and always, until you come to meet me H Xxx