Diver Chris
We were at the funeral today of the very lovely man who was Chris Hall. We knew Chris from living in Marsden and him building our nice new bathroom and we'd only just got friendly before he was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. He went from a fit and active, passionate diver; to a man who couldn't move and relied on the 24 hour care of his wife Liz. All in a very short space of time. The service earlier today reflected his character, a bright pink coffin and Elton John's "I'm still standing" as an exit theme - good on you Chris, what a star.
He set up a website in the early stages of the disease and it is being maintained with plans to raise even more money for the MND charity.. Have a look : http://www.justgiving.com/diverchris .. And donate please :D
I had a very vivid , very calm dream the night after my mum died suddenly ... I was in a pod of dolphins (I think they were) , and Mum was there and we were swimming with them in silence and also in the presence something much bigger - massive really - that I could only get a sense of out of the corner of my eye. We stayed like that in the increasingly darker, quieter blue for (subjectively) hours until I turned back. Mum swam on serenely with the others into the dark. Ok, that was grief trying to make sense of a tragic event and the subconscious projecting a wish for peaceful passing into a dream - maybe - But I can imagine Chris taking that same journey and being enthralled by it as the lifelong diver he was :-)
http://www.justgiving.com/diverchris
Chris in action feeding sharks
We were at the funeral today of the very lovely man who was Chris Hall. We knew Chris from living in Marsden and him building our nice new bathroom and we'd only just got friendly before he was diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease. He went from a fit and active, passionate diver; to a man who couldn't move and relied on the 24 hour care of his wife Liz. All in a very short space of time. The service earlier today reflected his character, a bright pink coffin and Elton John's "I'm still standing" as an exit theme - good on you Chris, what a star.
He set up a website in the early stages of the disease and it is being maintained with plans to raise even more money for the MND charity.. Have a look : http://www.justgiving.com/diverchris .. And donate please :D
I had a very vivid , very calm dream the night after my mum died suddenly ... I was in a pod of dolphins (I think they were) , and Mum was there and we were swimming with them in silence and also in the presence something much bigger - massive really - that I could only get a sense of out of the corner of my eye. We stayed like that in the increasingly darker, quieter blue for (subjectively) hours until I turned back. Mum swam on serenely with the others into the dark. Ok, that was grief trying to make sense of a tragic event and the subconscious projecting a wish for peaceful passing into a dream - maybe - But I can imagine Chris taking that same journey and being enthralled by it as the lifelong diver he was :-)
http://www.justgiving.com/diverchris
Chris in action feeding sharks
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