Rebecca Louise, Forever to be 26

Unfathomable! Incomprehensible!

How can one possibly try to understand the true depths and meanings of these two words?

We are taught that the Universe extends out to infinity in all directions around us, and while our minds find this an almost impossible concept to accept, we are more likely to be able to understand this physical truth than we are to understand the meaning of these two words!

One year passed of unfathomable grief and despair!

One year passed of unfathomable kindness and support from so many who loved Rebecca; some known to us and some unknown, but all so sincerely and deeply appreciated!

One year passed of incomprehensible disrespect and ignorance from just a few towards those who knew Rebecca from the day she was borne, held her in their arms as she emerged vibrantly into this world, and loved her from the bottom of their hearts and souls until she was incomprehensibly and unfathomably taken away from us all!

They say that time heals all, and for so many this will surely be the case, but when your own flesh and blood is torn from your life so senselessly, for a very lonely few it is unfathomable and incomprehensible that there ever will be a day or a time when any of this makes sense, when the world will be “right” ever again.

But whoever we are and wherever we are on this day, the 30th of November 2008, one year to the day since Rebecca was torn from our lives through sheer and utter negligence, today is for uniting together and remembering our child, our sister, our step-daughter, our granddaughter, our niece, our cousin, our colleague, our wife and for each and every single one of us, our friend.

Rebecca Louise, forever to be twenty-six years old; in our hearts, in our minds, in our memories, and for those of us who believe there will come a day when each and everyone one of us who knew and loved her will see her again, in our lives.

Wherever Rebecca is now, both of her parents hope that there is a dance floor nearby, so that one day in the future we can once again have the chance to hold her in our arms, dance with her around the floor and tell our little girl just how proud of her we are and just how much we love her; yesterday, today and tomorrow, out to the infinity that is the universe!