If I had just one wish.....

Aggieboy
Aggieboy Posts: 3,996
edited December 2008 in The bottom bracket
The untimely death of 'Gats' has prompted me to write a post that I had thought about writing last week, while listening to some melancholic music, but had decided against. I make no excuses for writing it now.

From 1991 to 2003 I had a very close friend, like lots of you will have. We worked,played rugby and drunk together. We loved each others company and my children adored him. He was my eldest daughters (when she was eight), first 'crush'.
To cut a long story short, he decided to give up work after marrying his American girlfriend and live and work in the USA. Due to circumstances I could have changed but didn't, I decided not to go to his wedding but promised to visit in the future. He ended up working for National Geographic, as he became a world class diver, and we slowly lost touch.
In December 2003,as you will all have guessed, came a call to say he had died in a diving accident while working. It hit me like a thunderbolt and I was inconsolable. All these years later never a week goes by when I don't think of him and feel guilty for not taking the time to visit. Sad songs reminds me of our time together and trust me when I say there are tears rolling down my face as I write.
Why am I writing this? Just to reinforce in your mind's, in the hope it will save at least somebody from the anguish I have to live with, that our lives hang by a thread and we should all take time to make the most of our friends and family.

My one wish? To see my dear lost friend Nobby, even if it's for just one second, hug him, kiss his cheek and tell and I'll always miss him.
"There's a shortage of perfect breasts in this world, t'would be a pity to damage yours."

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