In loving memory

Those of you who are close to me will know that i have just recently lost my younger brother. He was horribly killed by 4 youths at the age of 32. The youths had been harassing him for quite some time, intimidating him and beating him up when he was drunk. Simon was not a fighter, he was a survivor. Every time i saw Simon he had been bashed up, he did have a serious alchol problem but that should not be a reason for him to fall prey to these mindless yobs. These sick individuals obviously have nothing important in their lives, but i can bet they had parents and had not been brought up through the care system, unlike Simon.
Dont get me wrong i am not making excuses for Simon, but he was taken into care at the age of 4 and was put into a care home. He had a lot in life to deal with, he was taken from his mum at a young age, he lost his father to cancer after meeting him 6 months before, then to top it off our older brother Jason committed suicide, which devestated simon. Alchol and drugs become a comfort to those who feel that they have absolutly nothing and no-one, and feel so worthless to themselves, they feel useless and worthless to every one and every thing that passes through their life. Simon was a caring father, a great laugh, and a lovely brother, the most precious things to him in his life was his family. When he had not had a drink he was a totally different person. Simon has left behind 2 gorgeous children Kristy and Ewan they are sitting on the right of the photo.

Dear Simon, i shall miss you too much for words, i am sure that you knew how much i loved you and would have done anything i possibly could to make things right for you, I can see your in heaven with your brother and dad, and your at peace at last. god bless.xxx