With our last breath, let us choose the dream we want — so close your eyes and see the trees we planted, dancing in the breeze. Time takes all things, yet the moment we shared will always have been; and it lives on in memory as our time machine. One day soon I'll go back forever. When your time comes, I hope you'll join me there — you know where.
Be careful — to be let inside another person's mind is a dangerous thing: Like walking into a darkened room from a sun-drenched day, one treads awkwardly for it's easy to stumble. But like a summer room with curtains closed, you realise the place is cooler and the room a little lighter, as you stand in there together and adjust for one raw moment.
Sometimes I like to imagine, the world outside is not. The world is just a fairytale we once heard and all that be is us. This may not sound like much but to me, it means all I need and want is you, for the world outside is make believe.
There was once a spirit who mistook our Moon for her mother but the Moon did not know how to love, so instead gave chocolate sweets to eat: you may eat these treats but not my apples, for their secret is mine to keep...
Is life a game? Perhaps, but the players are people and people want to be loved, not played. People don't forget for evolution doesn't favour this, so play your game but not the people for eventuaĺly I come for you.
Where there is life there is hope and we are the sparks of hope for lives we can live. Lives we still have time to live, so let us live this day and see tomorrow, for we are the sparks of hope, let us be the fire.
You are the candle that burns more brightly and the torch that shines the way. You are the light in our window at night and the reason we call it home. Thank you for your light.
31-5-1949 to 27-3-2023
As I survey this new land of shifting sand I ask: where is my guiding monolith? My El Capitan; my Eiger; my Everest and Elbrus. My reassuring rock of ages; my steadfast and stubborn stone. Where is my Dad? Where is our Papa, our friend, our Nick?
Time takes all things, but the moments we share will always have been. We carry these memories with us and there my Dad lives on. So I won't say goodbye but I will say, thank you, Dad.
Thank you. Thank you, for your fire and fight within; your loyalty and laughter; your steely stubborn strength; and your reassuring council.
I will miss your conversation with all and any, at the Cossies Cafe on Crown. I will even miss your jokes and your formal jeans and sandles.
So for all thankyous said and unsaid, and for all you'd generously do, Dad, Doctor, Nick and Papa, we remember you.
Time is in-finite, but life finite. If I had only one more conversation with mum, it would be to say thank you. Thank you for everything... Thank you for magic, the memories and mystery of what can be and all the fantastic possibility. Thank you for teaching me that magic is not just something that happens, it's also what we create. In this crazy world, magic is easy to forget and yet it's what I crave most to get. So I say again this day, thank you for the magic.
23-4-2025
Marriage is an age old war of wills, where ground is rarely ceded and every inch recorded for a victory dance. But marriage is also a life-long friendship with someone you rely on to have your back and share the triumph, tribulation and cups of tea. So please, will you share another 20 years with me.
