What is your name : Faye Donohue

Who do you want the poem written for: My eldest sister ? Juli: Juli is expecting her first child in the spring and i wanted to tell her, before she enters her new role as a mum, what a wonderful job she did of being my big sister and that she'll make a wonderful mother too.

What are the key messages you would like to send: We also have another sister - Gayle (she's in between the two of us in age). We shared a wonderful childhood together and i want her to know how proud i am of her and how much her guidance, over the years, meant to me. We've all now grown up to be the best of friends and we value our relationship a great deal. Now she's going to be busy being a mum i want to be there for her in any way i can the way she's always been there for me. And i want her to know she'll always be my big sister.

Do you have any funny, sad, happy, embarrassing or otherwise memorable moments that you would like to share: I chose this time to send her this because christmas is always a special time for us. When i think of it as children i remember laughter, laughter & laughter - mum in the kitchen, dad asleep in his chair with a mince pie and us children all arguing over our new games! She fulfilled her big sister duties wonderfully - from our younger days at ballet and tap classes (she always got to wear nicer costumes because she was older) to teaching me how to put on make-up when i became a teenager(i repayed her by pinching her best clothes!) She was there when i first got drunk - she had to put me to bed! She was always guiding me away from trouble and covering for me - I wasn't so good -she nearly throttled me when i announced to our parents that i'd found cigarettes in her school bag! Even when we were no longer children and she was working hard with her partner(adam), she was still steering me in the right direction when i so often lost my way. Now we're all happily settled in our lives we never stop remembering and cherishing our special times - we never knew it then but we were so blessed to have each other and a wonderfull mother & father.I know Juli is desperate to recreate the happy family life that we all endured for her children too - a home filled with happiness.

Do you have any other comments or thoughts: We also had our very special 'brother' - i write that in inverted commas because he wasn't our biological brother (our parent took him in after his parents died when he was 7) but we always considered him 'the brother we never had'. Juli was always closest to Jeff and they shared some special times during adolescence together. Sadly Jeff died very suddenly 4 years ago - we've all struggled to understand but our strength as a family kept us strong. I know there isn't a single day goes by when we don't remember him - he was so special to us. I know Juli desperately wishes he was here to share her and adam's joy - but i know in my heart that as long as his memory shines on in us he'll always light the way for her. WE miss him so desperately. I know Juli will put everything she has into her new role - i know she'll make Jeff and the rest of us very proud.

What style of poem would you prefer (happy, sad, romantic etc.): A mixture of happy and sentimental - she loves a good tear jerker!

Please choose which package you would prefer:Unique

Do you have any last comments or thoughts: There's so many things i wish i'd said to Jeff before he died - i'm thrilled to have found your website which gives me the opportunity to say things to Juli whilst she's still close by. This baby is going to mean so much to us all in so many different ways but our special sisterly bond will never change

My True and Guiding Star

With Jeff and Gayle, we shared a wonderful childhood, and there's a few things I want to say out loud, because you've made my life a great place to be, and when I think of you, I feel so very proud. So Juli, I just wanted to say a few words, especially before what is about to come, because as we both know, we're expecting, and you're about to become a brand new mum. But before we get to that momentous watershed, there's a few feelings here, they're in my heart, and I wanted to share them with you, now, where on Earth could I possibly start? Maybe I'll begin by looking upwards, and thanking those in the heavens above, because I know I've been blessed to have shared you, I know that I've been blessed with your love. I just wanted to say a heartfelt "thank you", I'd like to thank you for your magnificent role, you did a great job as being my big sister, and I do love you with you all my heart and soul. I also know that you will make a wonderful mother, and that your baby must be very smart indeed, because you will give that child so much love, probably more than he or she will ever need. Your guidance, over the years, has been so important to me, and I'd like to thank you for your wonderful support, that guidance has meant so very much to me, but that's not my last and only thought; Because now, we value our relationship a great deal, and we've all grown up to be the very best of friends, and now you're going to be busy being a mum, but I want to make sure that's not where our "we" ends. So, I'll always be there for you, no matter what, because consistently, you've always been there for me, and I just wanted to say thank you for being you, like I said, you've made my world a better place to be. Mum, you'll always be my big sister, (and that's just one the reasons for this rhyme), and I know that I'll love you forever and ever, and I know we'll always share our Christmas time. I remember laughter, laughter and laughter, you were there so this should come as no surprise, there we were, arguing over our new games, Mum in the kitchen, Dad asleep with his mince pies! And you fulfilled your big sister duties wonderfully, there was ballet, tap (but you always got the nicer dress), and it was you who taught me about and how to make up, so many memories filled with sheer happiness. You were there when I had my first tippling over, and officially, I'd like to thank you for putting me to bed, and I'm sorry for always pinching your best clothes, now, there's just a couple of thoughts left to be said: You always guided me away from trouble, but unfortunately, I turned out to be a bit of a lag, I remember you nearly throttling me, after all, I announced that there were cigarettes in your school bag! Even when we were no longer children, and you were working with Adam (I won't mention Eve), but you were still steering me in the right direction, for me, you still had a great dream to believe. And there were so many times that I lost my way, but those are experiences that some have never had, and I know we never really appreciated it then, but we were blessed to have such a great Mum and Dad. I know that you and Adam will follow in their footsteps, and you will continue on as that true and guiding star, and Juli, I just wanted to say "you're wonderful", I guess I never really said just how wonderful you really are. And I know that you were closest to Jeff, but sometimes there's just no reason in the rhymes, but our strength as a family has kept us going, and I wish for you only the very best of times. I also know that Jeff is here with us today, because his spirit lives on, inside of us all, and I know he's still looking out for us, and he'll be there to pick us up, whenever we fall. I know that we all miss him so desperately, but as the saying goes, life has to go on, I also know that he's in our thoughts every day, so in absolute truth, he's never really gone. I know that he'll look after you and the baby, and that he'll always be there, by your side, because he too knows he couldn't have picked a finer sister, I know we couldn't - even if we'd tried. I also know the baby will mean so much to us all, because sadly, there are some things you just can't rearrange, just know that I love you, I love you very much indeed, and our special sisterly bond will never, ever change. So, a sincere thank you, my true and guiding star, I guess that's really what these words are for, here's to you, Juli, you're truly wonderful, and here's to our everlasting love, for evermore.

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Allen jesson

Comments:

THANKYOU - the first draft contains everything i wanted to say