Charlotte has blogged on The Huffington Post since 2013 and sadly passed away on Tuesday 16 September from cancer. She wrote one final post that she wished to share with all of her readers here. and she has some great advice....She writes...... As I write this, I am sitting on the sofa, relatively pain-free and busy doing my little projects, sorting out the funeral and selling my car. We wake up every morning, grateful I can have a cuddle and kiss my babies. As you read this, I will no longer be here. Rich will be trying to put one foot in front of the other, to get by, a day at a time, knowing I will no longer awake next to him. He will see me in the luxury of a dream, but in the harsh morning sun, the bed will be empty. He will get two cups from the cupboard, but realize there is only one coffee to make. Lucy will need someone to reach for her hairband box, but there wont be anyone to plait her hair. Danny will have lost one of his Lego policeman, but no one will know exactly which one it is or where to look. You will look for the latest update on the blog. There wont be one, this is the final chapter. And so I leave a gaping, unjust, cruel and pointless hole, not just in Halliford Road, but in all the homes, thoughts and memories of other loved ones, friends and families. For that I am sorry. I would love to still be with you, laughing, eating my weird and latest miracle food, chatting rubbish Charleyisms. I have so much life I still want to live, but know I wont have that. I want to be there for my friends as they move with their lives, see my children grow up and become old and grumpy with Rich. All these things are to be denied of me. But, they are not to be denied of you. So, in my absence, please, please, enjoy life. Take it by both hands, grab it, shake it and believe in every second of it. Adore your children. You have literally no idea how blessed you are to shout at them in the morning to hurry up and clean their teeth. Embrace your loved one and if they dont embrace you back, its OK, find someone who will. Everyone deserves to love and be loved in return. Dont settle for less. Find a job you enjoy, but dont become a slave to it. You will not have I wish Id worked more on your headstone. Dance, laugh and eat with your friends. True, honest, strong friendships are an utter blessing and a choice we get to make, rather than have to share a loyalty with someone because there happens to be link through blood. Choose wisely then treasure them with all the love you can muster. Surround yourself with beautiful things. Life has a lot of grey and sadness - look for that rainbow and frame it. There is beauty in everything, sometimes you just have to look a little harder to see it. So, thats it from me. Thank you so much for the love and kindness youve shown in your own little ways over the last 36 years. From the mean girls in the playing fields who pushed me into the stinging nettles at aged six, to the bereaved husband who in the last week did so much to help prepare our young children and everyone in between. They and you have all, in some small way helped me become the person I have been. Please, now use that love for me and pass it to Rich, my children, family, close friends, and all you meet. And when you close your curtains tonight, look up to the heavens, I will be there, looking down, sipping the nectars of heaven, enjoying a box of (very expensive) chocolates. Good night, Good bye and God bless. Charlotte xx
Posted on: Fri, 19 Sep 2014 23:43:51 +0000
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