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I will never forget the day, July 13th 2004, i was sitting in my room when my little sister came running in to tell me that my Dad had a motorbike accident on his way back from work, i didn't think it would be bad...My mum came back home to get me and my sister and to call my brother to let him know, i was told he'd been taken to the hospital by an air ambulance, so i realised it must be serious. My mums friend took us up to the hospital, and when we got there we were told exactly what had happened, he had a broken leg and arm, he'd punctured his lung and had shattered his pelvis but he was still talking, so we had hope for him.....
My mum went in to see him on her own first, then me and my sister went in, as i walked in i burst into tears, he was in so much pain and looked so small and weak, everyone was telling me to go over to him but i didn't want to panic him where i was crying, i just heard him say "alright tay" (to my sister) then i walked out. Soon after my mum and sister came back out and we was crying and that but we all thought he was gonna be fine. So my mums friend took me and my sister home, but my mum wanted to stay at the hospital. My dads friend took my brother up to the hospital after we had got home and my dads mum and dad made there way up there....
So i'd gone to sleep in my mum and dads room, thinking that i'd be going up to see him the next day so i could have a go at him for taking his motorbike to work just that 1 day and for scaring us all! But instead my mum and brother came in and woke me up at about half 2 in the morning to tell me that my dad hadn't made it....he'd died. I couldn't believe it, everything had happened so quickly, my whole life was crashing before my eyes. The doctors and nurses had put 25 pints of blood into my dad but his body just kept rejecting it.
I still can't believe it has happened and i don't think i ever will, he had so much to live for and will miss so much of our lives. I will always always regret not going up to my dad and telling him how much he meant to me and how much i loved him and it tears me up inside when i think i never told him at the hospital that i loved him.
Dad your the best, i love you so much that words can't explain it, i'll miss you forever, i know we'll see each other again, and i'll be counting the days till i'm back in your arms,
rest in peace dad..........xxx

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