They say everything is for a reason
But sometimes we can’t understand
What on earth the reason could be
Why should something this awful be planned?
A life that just wasn’t to be
Why that is, not one of us knows
But we know that as well as the highs
Life serves us up sometimes real lows
You [...]
A year has passed since you went away
In a way the pain still grows
Though your little boys are grown men now
Their grief still palpably shows
We still hear your voice on silent nights
See your cheeky, smiling face
You taught us well how to carry on
But you leave a gaping space
Yet your own strength in adversity
Sense of humour [...]
In 1911 a girl was born
Before the country by two wars was torn
To a family known as Race
Young Hette was fair of face
But hardly her mother’s only child
Brothers and sisters probably ran wild
Seven at least saw adulthood
But Mrs Race must have been good
For with children, she wasn’t finished yet
And into her family she brought our [...]
So you’re gone
What does that mean?
No more devil’s advocate at the dinner party?
No more the golf course smarty?
Gone, the wry sardonic smiles?
Gone, the attractive masculine wiles?
Where now the intrepid voyager’s lust?
Turned forever into dust?
Left us, the market research star?
The life and soul of the CA bar?
The dinghy sailor extraordinaire?
Gone, just because you’re no longer there?
The [...]