Dear David I wished I knew so much more about you; the things that you loved about life, what made you happy and what drove you mad? But we had so little time together. As I close my eyes I can see you sat in your ‘magic’ chair on family, memory day in June and you have a twinkle in your eye and you are smiling at me, shaking your head, shrugging your shoulders with your palms raised at me saying that it is not what I do or do not know about you that really matters. I realize that it is how you made me feel that is important. For the record, although we didn’t have long together, you made me feel like a very special little sister, cared about and loved and welcomed and included into your lovely family. As well as the too few but very precious memories I have, you have left me feeling like part of your family. We never got to exchange birthday or Christmas gifts but that is the most wonderful gift to have left me, a family I never knew I had. What I do know is that you were a funny, witty, selfless, kind and caring man and that in the time we did spend together you took time to tell me things about our dad and granddad and other family that I would have never known otherwise, that information is very precious to me. You made me laugh so much and I smiled all the time I was with you. You spent time telling about your family, about Clare and Jan and your children and grandchildren. The list of all the family you told me about tripled my family overnight! You spent so long telling me about everyone else that you didn’t get round to telling me much about yourself but I am so grateful for what you did tell me. I do know that you were very proud of all your family; you spoke about them all in turn with such love so I know that your family was something that made you happy and proud. I loved seeing you on the family day in June in the middle of as many of your family as could be there (and your lovely dogs). I will remember you in those superhero PJ bottoms in that ‘magic’ chair giving your grandchildren ‘sky rides’, making them laugh. In the grand scheme of things, spending so few hours with you it feels too cruel to have to say goodbye so soon, I feel like I only just found you and someone has taken you away. I am glad I got to tell you I loved you. In so short a time I never realized how much you could come to care about and love someone,it felt so natural to be talking to you and in your wonderful company, The down side to how you made me feel is how much I will miss you now, but they say better to have loved and lost?! I wouldn’t have swapped getting to meet you and know you just a little bit for anything in the world. I will not say goodbye to you my ‘funny bunny’ brother, just ‘until we meet again’. Maybe we will get to make some of those memories we missed out on in heaven?! I will think of you often and smile, through the tears no doubt for a while yet, but one day I will just be able to think of you and smile. Love you always, give ‘big bunny’ a kiss from me and tell him it is ‘his round’! Your ‘little bunny’ sister Tracey, John & Tyke xxxxxx