Gratitude and dedication
Originally added on Mon, 15/03/2010 - 05:48Last updated on Wed, 31/03/2010 - 10:49
On the 15th March 2010 my dear, precious mother Edie Hawkins died. She was 97 and I'm writing this post ten days later. After the funeral, after the flurry of forms and arrangements and visits and paperwork have quietened down.
I woke early this morning. Thought about her. A sense of her. She was an immensely kind, giving, determined, selfless person. This website wouldn't be here without the influence of her and my father, Jim Hawkins (who died back in 1989) - also such a generous, caring, thoughtful human being.
If you've found anything of value on this site - if it's helped you personally or in your work, please say an inner thank you to Edie and Jim. This website wouldn't be here if it wasn't for them and how they've influenced what I believe in and what I work for.
A deep bow to your mother,
A deep bow to your mother, and my deepest condolences to you, James.
blessings,
Luke
My condolences on the loss
My condolences on the loss of your mum, James. She sounds like a wonderful person.
Best wishes
Trish
Edie
Dear James,
I read your dedication this morning to your mother and was hugely moved by it. Today is my late father's birthday - he would have been 95 and he died 19 Oct 2007. Like your mother he was a wonderful human being and I hope that I carry forward in my life much of his compassion, kindness, wit and spirit.
Warm regards
Lyn
Your mother
Dear James
What a loving and moving tribute - so simple and direct which is so hard to do when someone you love has died. You were fortunate to have such good parents and from what you say, I can assure you that you are carrying that flame of goodness in all that I have seen from you - which is,I am sure, only a tiny part of your existence. Be comforted that your mother would have known this too. You are now an orphan but you are also leading the next generation. I will think of your parents whenever I see your name at the head of the most useful and painstaking emails on BABCP Jiscmail. xx
Dear James I was just
Dear James I was just looking through this month's wellness blog from you and somehow found myself on this page. I am so sorry to hear about your mother - I remember you had mentioned a while back that she wasn't well. I will certainly think of her and your father and the inspiration they must both have given you, to enable you to help people as you do. All my best wishes to you at this time -Yvonne
Edie
James , thank you for sharing that with us. I'm so sorry. But what a wonderful legacy she has left you and therefore also me and my whole family and countless others. Bless her. I'm just sorry I never got to meet her. George