Funeral flowers

Life is slowly getting back to normal after the death of my Dad. What I miss most are our afternoon chats. We could talk for ages about the latest news from the Ricoh Arena and the woes of being a Coventry City supporter, we would discuss the weather in Coventry, Chester, Darlington and London, I knew exactly what he was having for tea that night and he would tell me what he thought about what Rachel on "Countdown" was wearing. It is going to take some getting used to, not hearing his voice again, but I have immersed myself into Aerobics and have even been to wiggle and shake my booty at Zumba... all good therapy.

We were all pleased with how the funeral service went and have had some lovely comments from people who were able to come and pay their respects. Rev Karen Reeves led the funeral and she knew exactly how to lift our spirits during a sad occasion with a "3 cheers" and a round of applause for Geoff halfway through the service which was so appropriate for an amazing father who always saw his glass as half full.

Graham Giles florists supplied the floral tributes and words cannot describe how passionate David Giles was, pulling out all the stops to get Liddy three "in-curl" chrysanthemums from Holland (at a silly money price) as Dad had spent years growing them in the back garden before it was lawned over to make Diddy a cricket/footy pitch.












As there were over 160 people at the church the service was held at The Church of the Risen Christ, however most of the money raised in donations will be going to the upkeep of the church next door,

the church of St Mary Magdalene

where Dad spent a lot of time before the new church was built.

Life must now go on and I have been so grateful to everyone for their support, obviously to my immediate family but also especially to the aerobics crowd for keeping me cheerful and happy and jolly, they have been an amazing tonic. Thank you everyone.