| Location | Derry Northern Ireland |
| Age | 72 years |
| Date of Birth | 06/07/1936 |
| Date of Death | 02/02/2009 |
| Visitors | 505 since 20/02/2009 |
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Our Mum was a very special lady, she didn,t have it easy through her life but you wouldn,t have known it. She has 10 children in all, 1 son 7 daughters and 2 step daughters. Taking the good with the bad she struggled on keeping things together. You don,t realise when you are young just how difficult it is being a parent. Now in a parent of just 4 i often wonder just how did she do it.
She enjoyed her wee nights at bingo, loved to socialize with her wee friends. The grandchildren couldn't get her off the nintendo when she started playing mario, so much so she got her own LOL!! Mum was kind, caring, and very well liked where ever she went.
She was born in Derry and was bringing up 7 kids on her own through the troubles. Then in 1975 she decided to give it a go in scotland a big step to take with all the kids. There she went on to have another daughter and gained 2 step daughters. Though her heart still belonged in Derry, to where she returned in 1994 to live out the rest of her life.
Mum took ill and was admitted to hospital in february 2008. She had to recieve emergency surgery as her bowel had perforatted. Five days later doctors were optimistic when she needed more surgery for same thing. She was very weak by this time and ended up on life support after that operation.
She made a little progress gradually. But this was going to be a long haul as she never did make it home to her wee bungalow. She went from being quite independant and active to having a stoma bag, and being fed with a tube straight into her belly. She was transferred to a lovery private nursing home which she loved, though she was lucky to be there a whole week before being rushed back to hospital. This was a very hard time for the whole family as much constantly failed in every way possible. Leading to her kidneys starting to fail, she lost so much weight she was just to weak to ever make a recovery.
She defied doctors many times as they expected her to pass away a lot sooner. Sadly she suffered in every way possible until 2 february 2009. When after some rapid deterioration and ending up on constant morphine she couldn't fight any more. So as the whole family stayed round her bedside she slipped away into a coma. Now totally unaware of anymore pain she passed away a short time later with her whole family round her.
Mum didn't deserve this she shouldn't have suffered and although we are all devastated to lose our Mum, we couldn't watch her suffer anymore either. It was like an emotional rollercoaster that you couldn't get off. Mum was aware that we were all by her side at the end and i'm sure she knows we all loved her very much. We will never ever let her memory fade as she was unique our Mum, Grandmother, auntie, sister. But above all these things she was the best friend in the world!!
Mum we all love and miss you so much your memory will live on through us, our children, and there children. You will always hold a special place in all our hearts.
Goodnight Mum and god bless, Rest in peace xxxxx
If i could bring my granny back
if i could bring my granny back for 1 day 1 hour or 1 month it would be great i miss her very much i also love her too i miss her eyes her face her hands amd everything els i love her so much bye bye
xxxxxx demilee
My Granny by wee Scott
If I could bring my granny back for 1 day i would i am sad that my granny wont be here to see me grow up and that my wee sister never got the chance to know her i would give her flowers :( i really miss my granny & i miss her face & her eyes i miss you
lots of love Scott
Christine, Rona & Charlie
Don't really know what to say so wejust popped in to say hi & sleep well xoxoxo
If we could bring you back Mum
If we could bring you back again,
For one more hour or day,
We’d express all our unspoken love;
We’d have countless things to say.
If we could bring you back again,
We’d say we treasured you,
And that your presence in our lives
Meant more than we ever knew.
If we could bring you back again,
To tell you what we should,
You’d know how much we miss you now,
And if we could, we would.
love you more than you know xxxxxxxxxx
I Wish...
Hi Mum; I wish you were still here; I wish you had never gotten ill; I wish you had not suffered as much as you bravely did during your last year; I wish the hugs between us had been trebled; I wish it had been easier to say "I love you" to eachother; I can't change any of the above so Mum My main wish it this ~ I wish you peaceful sleep ~
Love and miss you always Mum
Love Martina xx
WITH LOVE ALWAYSXXX
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How Long?
How long can we live on memories
How long can we live on dreams
How long can we go on hoping?
When things aren’t what they seem?
How long must we go on pretending?
How long can we smile?
The answer is a simple one
How long ~ is quite a while ~
Martina Boyce.
Mum's the Angel by our side...
We’re lonely; but not alone; if we could only see
Past the doubts and fears within our hearts; we would clearly see
All those who care for us gathered round circling us with love
And Mum’s the Angel right beside us; sent from God above
Mum knows we’re feeling sad and lost as we face each brand new day; Please know we never have to be alone; She’s just a ~ prayer ~ away
She’ll stay with us through our troubles; and be there to share our smiles
She’ll make the steps we take back in inches; the ones we take forward in miles
Life’s not easy; no-one said it was but of one thought don’t lose sight
She’ll be the cushion when we fall; in our darkness She’s the light
She can’t promise we’ll be happy; but She can give us hope
She can’t take away our troubles; but She can give us strength to cope
So when things get on top of us; when we’re lost and feeling down
Just look to the right of us; that’s where She can be found
Shining down on us and praying; and if we believe with all our hearts
She’ll be with us all the way; we will never be apart
Mums gift to us is ~ Faith ~ and while it may not dry our tears
It will help to bring us smiles and wash away our fears
Whisper Mums name when we need Her; she’ll be right by our side
God will let Mum be our Angel; to love; protect and guide
Martina Boyce.
A Tribute to our Mum
10 hearts filled with love; 10 heads held proud and high
Feel your presence all around us; hear your name in every sigh
As we walk side by side united; then stand tall where you will rest
Knowing when God was choosing Mothers’
He sent us the BEST...
Sleep well Mum;
Love ~ Tony; Martina; Cathy; Christine;
Rona; Carol; Deirdre; Donna;
Susan and Pauline; xoxo
Mum
Firstly I'd like to thank my sister Donna for setting up this lovely Tribute to our Mum and thank her for letting me be a part of it.
Donna told the story of Mums life and death very well.I guess all Mums children/grandchildren/friends and her surviving brothers and sisters could all fill pages and pages with memories; the difficulty for us is now is filling the pages which will now be our lives without her; when so much time has been devoted to caring for our Mum both before and during her illness; how do we learn to fill that time now? At the minute we are still finalising Mums affairs; closing down accounts etc; but that does not help to fill this huge hole which I know we all feel at the minute. In a strange way Mums illness brought all her children closer together emotionally; so now the miles which seperates us are just geography; we may be in different countries but we are all together in our hearts both in the love we feel for her and in the sadness at having lost her. I guess this was Mums final gift to us. Thanks Mum. Sleep well.
Martina xx
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