just a thought for you all.
I was told today by a friend of mine, ( Neil) that an old friend of his who used to run the Model shop at Southport, passed away in October from terminal cancer. He was called Terry Donn, and some on here might well have known him, so Neil says.
Sadly Neil was told by Terry two summers ago that he had this disease and whilst Neil and his family were on holiday in Scotland Terry was moving.
Sadly whilst he was on holiday he lost Terry's new contact details, and even though he went on numerous occasions to Southport to the police station and the Council offices pestering them to see if they could trace Terry's new address, they refused because of Data protection to divulge any information.
This morning he received a phone call from Terry's wife to say that he had passed away.
So the moral is, you might not hear from friends for a while, but it doesn't mean that they are not thinking of you or in some circumstances needing your company.
Neil is distraught that he didn't see Terry before he passed away as he feels he let him down.
Don't let your friends pass into the past. Keep in touch, and he asked me to pass on the following message to those friends on here that he used to talk with and too those on here that he hasn't heard from in a while.
Take care this Christmas.
Some thoughts as we enter the holiday season. It is important to remember that not everyone is looking forward to Christmas. Some people are not surrounded by large wonderful families. Some of us have problems during the holidays and are overcome with great sadness when we remember the loved ones who are not with us. For many it is their first Christmas without a particular loved one and many others lost loved ones at Christmas. And, many people have no one to spend these times with and are besieged by loneliness. We all need caring, loving thoughts right now. If I don't see your name, I'll understand. May I ask my friends wherever you might be, to kindly post this status for one hour to give a moment of support to all those who have family problems, health struggles, job issues, worries of any kind and just need to know that someone cares. Do it for all of us, for nobody is immune. I hope to see this on the walls of all my friends just for moral support. I did it for a friend and you can too!
Neil, Via me.
Jim. Merry Christmas to you all.