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A Sad Day

Posted 16-11-2007 at 09:08 PM by The.Colebecks

Today Ashley's brother lost his 6 month battle with lung cancer .. he was only 45 years old. He leaves behind a wife and 4 children.

One of the hardest things we are all trying to come to terms with is that he died of lung cancer, a disease normally associated with smokers but he had never so much as taken a puff of a cigarette in his whole life and nobody in his family had ever smoked either! How cruel is that??

The lessons we should all learn from this tragedgy are to ...

Live life at full speed,
Take educated risks,
Start each day with a smile
And be thankful for what we've got,
At every opportunity tell those you care about
Just how much you care about them.
Don't regret anything, simply learn from it.
.......... You're a long time dead.

Simon
09.11.1962 to 16.11.2007
Rest in Peace

Love Karen, Ashley & The Boys x x

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	hi,so sorry for your loss.it's terrible.tracy.xx.
	Posted 17-11-2007 at 12:14 AM by traybears

	Hi Sorry for your loss. I too lost my SIL on wednesday to lung cancer same thing never smoked a day in her life she was only 52. Life can be very cruel at times. Janette xxxx
	Posted 17-11-2007 at 01:14 AM by billy braveheart

	Hi Karen My sympathies are with you and yours at this sad time. Its the most painful thing to loose a loved one even more so at such a young age. Best wishes and my thoughts are with you. Kaye x
	Posted 17-11-2007 at 11:07 AM by wardy

	Thank you everyone for your sympathies xxx
	Posted 17-11-2007 at 02:57 PM by The.Colebecks

	How awful at such a young age. Feeling very sorry for you both..... Rachel x
	Posted 17-11-2007 at 11:01 PM by Rachel&Stu

	So sorry, Kev's mum also has lung cancer although she a lot older we know how you are feeling, she too has never smoked
	Posted 18-11-2007 at 12:27 AM by kevin'n'dawn

	So sorry to hear of your loss. Our sympathies are with you and your family. Love hays, Mark, Con, and Leah xx
	Posted 18-11-2007 at 03:04 PM by hays

	Dear Caron, Ashley and Boys, I am so sorry to hear about your sad loss. My thoughts are with you at this sad time. Thank you for sharing the verse with us ,it really made me cry but has made me even more determined to live life to the full. Simon was just one month younger than me. My heart goes out to you all!
	Posted 21-11-2007 at 10:28 AM by mandy&Jem

	Sorry Karen, just realised i spelt your name wrong! Mandy. xx
	Posted 21-11-2007 at 10:34 AM by mandy&Jem

	Thank you everyone for your lovely words K xx
	Posted 02-12-2007 at 02:50 PM by The.Colebecks

	Sorry to hear your bad news Karen Love Ali xx
	Posted 03-12-2007 at 11:02 PM by ali

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