Bonnie Jacquline Barratt

1983 - 2007
LocationLondon
Age24 years
Cause of DeathMurder
Date of Birth11/03/1983
Date of Death18/09/2007
Visitors31,074 since 20/11/2007
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BIG THANKS FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOUR GIVEN ME AND MY FAMILY WITH LIVING WITH MURDER

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we have other new web site so do be come a member to that as well any one wants pic of loved one on
it thats been murderd let me no

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born 11-03-83 sunrise 00-59
died sept 18 2007 sunset we think ?
Xiao Mei Guo
was murderd by the same guy as bonnie so do feel free to go to her page
leave a message as well your always in our thoughts Xiao Mei Guo
PLZZ READ DOWN THE PAGE THANK YOU

BIG THANKS TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON HERE FOR ALL THE SUPPORT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME MY FAMILY

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To my friends on gts a big thank you for all your support
your all so kind you and your Angels are in my thoughts always xxx
BONNIE WAS MURDERED IN SEPTEMBER 2007 BUT HER BODY HASN'T BEEN
FOUND YET. GUY BEEN CHARGED WITH BONNIE MURDER NOW 26-03-08 SHE LEAVES BEHIND A SON ROGER WHO IS 6
YEARS OLD, HER MUM JACKIE, DAD RICHARD, HER SISTER KELLIE AND HER BROTHER RICHARD AND AUNTS ,UNCLES
HER 2 NEPHEWS FREDDIE AND ALFIE WHO SHE LOVED SO MUCH AND HER STEPMUM ANNE, AND STEP SISTERS KAREN,
CLAIRE AND STEP BROTHERS ALEX AND BOB, YOUR BEST FRIENDS NEIL AND ROBIN CAROL Yvette U – Turn
Women’s Centre MISSING YOU AS WELL


damian cope was shot on the 29th of july 2002 he was killed outside browns nightclub in holbourn
london plzzz light a candle for him

other angle Bailey Thomas Loader age 5 r.i.p plzzz light a candle for him
sunset 13-06-08

BIG THANKS FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART TO
Judge Martin Stephens
Brian Altman QC
Det Chf Insp Mark Kandiah
Det Ins Damon Hall
Old Bailey jury
Murder squad detectives
Officers from East London's crack homicide squad
team of around 40 officers including transport police and the Thames river patrol at Wapping

Families Against Murders Escalating.
F.A.M.E was established in 2008 by Jackie Summerford after the brutal murder of
her daughter Bonnie Barrett.
Jackie wanted justice for her daughter.
She heard about others who had family and friends who were victims of the
justice system, people who have lost loved ones to murders.
Jackie decided something had to be done and F.A.M.E was born.
Families Against Murders Escalating stand for:
Will lobby for justice for families who have been victims of murders.
Work with other action groups to get longer sentences for violent criminals
Support the call of others, you take a life you serve life LIFE MUST MEAN LIFE
for murders in the uk
Support others who have been victims of violent murders and work within the
families the police force in the community the courts
Work with the community and beyound to change the current law for any murder
committed in the united kingdon.
To abolish the tariff for murders and paedophiles.
To abolish leniency for a guilty plea.
To ask for the judges to follow the guild lines with the maximum sentence is set
within the guide lines.
To abolish the Leave of Appeal from tax payer’s money. Once sentenced, when
there has been a guilty plea, and an abundance of evidence against them, if such
an appeal is wanted, then this should be paid for by the perpetrator.
To have a starting tariff of 30 years for Murder in the first degree.
For those killers who do not disclose where they have put the body then there
should be a further charge of “Denying the coroner’s right to do his
job”.
More support for the families and loved ones of the victims.
To introduce boot camp style barracks for early offenders. Tough supervision,
education and drug treatment and training should be taught as well as respect.
There should be a 3 month minimal sentence unless the offence is drug related
then 6 months treatment should be given.
When more than one person has taken part in a crime and the courts do not know
for sure was primarily reasonable for the act, then all should be sentenced for
withholding HM Queen’s evidence. Then maybe one defendant will change their
mind and talk.
If you like to join or if you need support please contact:
Jackie on : f.a.m.e123456@live.com or call 07745645714
Colin on: CStewart@secadventist.org.uk
Yvette on: yvettehector@gmail.com
F.A.M.E on: f.a.m.e123456@live.com


IF ANY YOU WANT TO NO WOT GOING ON WITH CASE HERE THE NEWS LINK
http://www.itvlocal.com/london/news/
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up dateMurder accused refuses to take to the stand
DEREK BROWN: THE MODERN DAY 'JACK THE RIPPER' by Simon Alford
Double murderer Derek Brown was a convicted rapist obsessed with serial killers who wanted to
emulate Jack the Ripper.
Brown, a portly 47-year-old from Preston, stalked the streets of London's Whitechapel just as the
Ripper had more than 100 years earlier.
Xiao Mei Guo, 29, an illegal immigrant DVD seller, and prostitute Bonnie Barrett, 24, were lured to
his flat in south London, two miles away.
Brown killed his victims, dismembered them and disposed of their bodies so perfectly that their
remains have never been discovered.
He may have thrown the body parts into the Thames or put corpses through the industrial crusher at
his workplace.
As he was jailed for a minimum of 30 years, police revealed Brown had raped at least six women and
may have killed before.
He had meticulously studied the 19 chapters of a book which detailed the horrific stories of some of
the world's worst serial killers.
'BARBARIC MURDERS'
Brown borrowed Nigel Cawthorne's 'Killers: The Most Barbaric Murderers of Our Time' from his local
library for three weeks before he began his murder spree last summer.
He pored over pages information on killers like Yorkshire Ripper Peter Sutcliffe, who murdered 13
women between 1975 and 1980, and Dennis Nilsen, who killed 15 men and boys in five years in north
London.
Brown may have deliberately chosen Whitechapel as his hunting ground to emulate Jack the Ripper who
claimed five prostitute victims there in 1888.
The newspaper delivery driver bragged to a close friend the press would soon be 'hounding' her for
information about him.
On the last occasion he saw her he made the chilling boast: 'You will hear of me.'
The woman said: 'He also said words to the effect of I would be laughing on the other side of my
face when I had the press hounding me about what he had done.'
Brown had a 'large sexual appetite' who lusted after 'slim, small-breasted women' according to a
prostitute he used regularly.
Both Bonnie Barrett and Xiao Mei were Brown's preferred type.
ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT
Xiao Mei Guo arrived in London with her husband Jin in August 2006, just a year before she was
murdered.
She left two sons aged 11 and 12 in China as the family were smuggled in to the UK from the Fujian
province by the country's mafia organisation known as the Snakeheads after paying large sums of
money.
The couple could not afford to pay the fee in one go and began working by selling counterfeit DVDs
in east London in a bid to pay back some of the cash they owed.
The family set up home in Cannon Street Road, Whitechapel, in a house with other Chinese
immigrants.
Both Ms Guo and her husband began working on the streets of Whitechapel, where hundreds of fake DVDs
were sold.
Her husband Jin was jailed after being convicted of hawking and Ms Guo was having to work much
harder to repay the money they both owed. He was still in prison when she disappeared after meeting
Brown in August last year.
She may have agreed to go to Brown's flat to show him the DVDs because she was so desperate for
money.
CCTV captured Brown chatting with Ms Guo on the morning of her disappearance on August 29 at
Whitechapel Underground station, before both headed for the tube.
THE LAST MESSAGE
She was last in touch with friends when she sent a text message from Rotherhithe station saying she
was to show a customer some DVDs before he bought them.
Kola Owolabi, who lived below Brown in Laburnam Court, Rotherhithe, said he heard a woman's cries
front the flat as he chatted to a friend on the day Miss Guo disappeared.
'It was female. It sounded lie a young voice. I didn't hear any words.
'There was a scream, a thud, then silence.'
Miss Barrett, a mother to a six-year-old boy was a crack cocaine addict who scratched a living by
working on the streets.
She grew up in Walworth, southeast London, but moved out of the family home as a teenager when she
began to experiment with drink and drugs.
She was known as a 'clipper' and would often trick men in to paying for sex, but make a swift exit
with the cash before anything took place.
Miss Barrett had been working the streets for several years to fund her crack cocaine addiction and
had many friend in the Commercial Street area.
At the time of her disappearance, on September 18, last year she was living with her friend Neil
Wakefield in Boxley Street, Victoria Docks, in east London.
VIOLENT BOYFRIEND
She then moved in with a violent boyfriend but left just before finding out she was pregnant with
her son.
Several sex worker colleagues interviewed after she vanished knew Brown as a client and had been to
his flat.
They also revealed he had hired Miss Barrett several times in the past.
Miss Barrett spent the weekend before she disappeared in a drugs and sex binge with the leader of
the Australian Hell's Angels, who was in London for a funeral.
She went missing on September 18 last year after going out to work in Commercial Street and never
returned to the flat in Boxley Street, Victoria Docks, east London, she shared with friend Neil
Wakefield.
Brown, who had been caught on CCTV loitering in Whitechapel that day, had picked her up and taken
her back to his flat, this time using his company van, before killing her.
The murder inquiry began when Ms Guo was reported missing and police found the crucial CCTV footage
of her at the station.
ROUTINE INQUIRIES
Brown was arrested on October 6 after he walked in to a local Londis shop where officers were making
routine inquiries and showing pictures of him.
Officers watched him leave before stopping him outside.
Forensic teams moved in to his two-bed flat on October 8, two days after he was arrested and found
every room was spotted and smeared with the blood of both women.
Miss Barrett's blood was found on the boiler cupboard, washing machine and fridge in the kitchen and
detectives believe she was attacked and murdered there.
The blood of Miss Guo was found near the front door suggesting she may have tried to escape from the
flat before she was dragged back inside.
There had been attempts to clean up the flat. Blood was found on a packet of scourers in a cupboard,
a pair of industrial gloves and there were drip marks and spots on the hallway wall and carpet.
Brown had torn out bloodstained carpet and tried to give furniture away to neighbours.
He was also in the process of completely redecorating his home.
DIY RECEIPTS
Police found three receipts from the local B&Q DIY store where Brown had spent a total of £155 on
materials to dispose of the bodies and clean the crime scene.
He made his first trip on August 31, two days after he killed Ms Guo, and bought a bow saw, steam
cleaner, sand paper, gaffer tape, protective gloves, a bow saw, masking tape, a Stanley knife, 20
rubble sacks and tins of paint.
Then on September 29, little more than a week after Miss Barrett's disappearance, Brown returned to
buy a heat gun, screwdriver and more paint.
Four days before his arrest Brown picked up another pot of paint and 5m x 4m waterproof dust sheet.
He had also picked up several rolls of industrial strength clingfilm, which had most likely come
from his work depot.
Specialist search teams scoured a huge area of wasteground, undergrowth and derelict buildings in
south London looking for the bodies.
Divers were sent in to the Thames and British Transport Police searched railway lines.
The country's top 'body finder' was also drafted on to the investigation.
MADELINE MCCANN
The police officer who has never been named, is on call to all forces across the country and had
previously worked on the hunt for missing four-year-old Madeleine McCann in Portugal.
But there has been no trace of either woman.
It is believed Brown hacked up the two women, wrapped them up and made repeated trips to the nearby
River Thames to throw the pieces into the water.
The large rucksack he was seen with in the Whitechapel CCTV has never been found and dumbell weights
are also missing from the flat.
Police believe he may have filled the rucksack with body parts and thrown it into the river using
the weights to make sure the bag went to the bottom.
He could have also used the industrial compactor at the depot in Bermondsey, south London where
worked.
Brown told the court: 'If I use something and it is cheap, I just chuck it out.'
PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS
The killer has a series of previous convictions for burglary in the north of England between 1976
and 1986.
On July 20, 1989, at Preston Crown Court he was jailed for seven years after pleading guilty to rape
and attempted buggery.
Detective Chief Inspector Mark Kandiah said the killer's motives were likely to have been sexual.
'The other potential motive, given his age is notoriety,' the officer added.
'Has he reached a point when for what ever reason, this is how he wants to gain notoriety?
'If it was notoriety and you are a rapist the two could sit together.'
Unlike the Ripper who left his victims' mutilated corpses on grotesque display, Brown disposed of
the bodies skilfully so he would have the opportunity to kill again.
DCI Kandiah said the fact he disposed of the bodies so well could suggest he had killed before and
was ready to do it again.
'In my opinion he was not going to stop,' said the officer.
UNSOLVED CASES
Brown is now suspected of another murder in the North of England and forces across the country are
to look at their unsolved cases to see if there is a possible connection with Brown.
Police took statements from 'five or six women' who say they were raped by him. There is evidence of
less serious assaults on at least another six women.
'There is clear evidential picture he is a recidivist rapist,' DCI Kandiah said.
'He is clearly a very evil man who has shown no remorse.'
Judge Martin Stephens QC gave Brown two life sentences and ordered he serve a minimum of 30 years
before he can be considered for parole.
'You murdered two women, both women vulnerable plying their trade on the streets, in each case
falling in to your hands precisely because of their availability and lack of protection,' the judge
said.
'What you did to each of these women before you killed them we can only speculate about. How you
killed them we cannot know.
'What we do know is that you disposed of their bodies with frightening efficiency so that not a
trace of these women has been found.
'DISMEMBERED AND DISPOSED OF'
'Whilst there is no direct evidence of how you disposed of the bodies there is clear circumstantial
evidence that you dismembered and then disposed of them using equipment and materials you bought for
the purpose.
'The only person who could prove that not to be true would be you if you ever chose to tell the
police where the bodies are.
'As it is the anguish of both victims' families is exacerbated by their inability to lay each lady
to rest.'
Brown yawned during the judge's comments and did not react to his 30 year term as he was led to the
cells.


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---♥♥---♥♥-- --You Love
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I WILL UP DATE MORE WHEN I KNOW MORE. GOOD NIGHT BONNIE GOD BLESS BABES WE ALL MISS YOU LOTS WE
WILL NEVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

FROM MUM
A never ending sorrow,
An ever aching heart.
The day that you were taken,
Our Whole world fell apart.
THIS IS FROM BONNIE'S SON ROGER
Has anyone ever told you
just how special you are
Has anyone ever told you
how important you make them feel

Has anyone ever told you
that somebody out there is smiling
because they are thinking of you
and because you are my mum xx

Has anyone ever told you
about how when they were sad,
you made them smile a bit
and they didn't feel so bad

Has anyone ever told you
just how much they love
you Well, I'm telling you now
You're special to me
love you mummy from roger god bless you
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this is what bonnie would say
Ask My Mum How Is She
My Mum, she tells a lot of lies
She never did before.
From now until the day she dies.
She'll tell a whole lot more.
She used to tell the truth, a lot
But now it doesn't matter.
I died and went to heaven,
Her life is all a-shatter.
Ask my Mum how is she.
She'll say, 'Yes, I'm fine!'
She wants to beg 'Please help me.
I can\'t find that girl of mine!'
Ask my Mum, how is she,
She'll say,'I'm alright.'
If that's the truth then tell me,
Why does she cry each night?
Ask my Mum, how is she,
She seems to cope so well.
She didn't have a choice, you see,
Nor the strength to yell.
You think you know the feeling,
But this cannot be.
For even though you loved me,
You didn't love as much as she.
She will smile and tell you,
'It's o.k. God has a plan.'
But she will turn away and cry
'Cause she just can't understand.
Tell a joke and she will laugh,
But she is not o.k.
She wants to share the joke with me,
But it will not be today.
I watch from here, in Heaven.
Her distress disturbs my peace.
Will someone please take care of her,
And thus take care of me?
'Some day you will feel better.'
'Yes I will.' she lies.
She knows this will not happen,
Until the day she dies.
'I was so lucky!
I had her all those years!'
(They passed in a minute,
I shed so many tears.)
Ask my Mum how is she,
She'll say, 'Thank you. Good.'
She cannot tell you how she feels.
Oh, how I wish she could.
Ask my Mum how is she,
'I'm fine, I'm well, I'm coping.'
For God's sake, Mum, just tell the truth
Just say your heart is broken.
Ask my Mum how is she,
'I'm well, I'm good. And you?'
I'll shake my head in Heaven.
It simply isn't true.
She'll love me all her life.
I loved her all of mine.
But if you ask how is she,
She'll lie and say she's fine.
Her carnival is over.
She's stepped off the carousel.
But, to save you feeling badly,
She'll say, 'Thanks, all is well.'
My Mum, she's not gone mad, yet.
But, oh so very nearly.
Don't ask my Mum how is she,
Ask how is she, really.
I am here in Heaven.
I cannot hug from here.
If she lies to you, don't listen.
Hug her, hold her near.
On the day we meet again,
We'll smile and I'll be bold.
I'll say, 'You're lucky to get in here, Mum,
With all the lies you told!'
Mum did you think of me today?
Mum did you cry?
Mum I know that it is hard for you
And can't understand why
Mum please don't be angry with god
It was time for me to leave
I know that they are questions
And answers you can't believe
But know Mum I'm okay
And never left your side
Do you hear the things I say?
Can you find the things I hide?
The only thing I cannot take away
Is the pain your heart feels
So I asked the lord for one wish
To help your heart to heal
He told me to think carefully
About what I could say or do
To show how much you mean to me
To show how much I miss you too
I thought of all the little things
That used to make us laugh
And I thought of all the prayers you have
Just to have me back
I knew just what my wish would be
It was there in front of me
A beautiful dove God gave to me
To show me of his love
I whispered to the dove
I told him how to find you
I place him on a rainbow
So mum when you think of me
And cannot bear the pain
Look for the gift I sent to you
And allow my memory to remain
I am every laugh you have
In every hug you share
I am the one who know your soul
And want you Mum to let go
Take with you all the memories
Of the life you made
And remember I never meant to cause
You so much pain
So when you need to feel my touch
Or to know that I'm still there
Find the gift I sent from above
And see it in all my love
When you see the feather on the ground
Know that I'm still around
If There Are Roses In Heaven
Will You Send One Just For Me
So I Can Hold It Close To My Heart
Where You Will Always Be
I Will Lay It On My Pillow Each Night
As The Angels Tuck Me In
I Will Know That You Are Near Me
And Feel Your Presence Once Again
I Am Thankful For All The Years
You Were There To Help Me Through
I Will Always Remember “My Precious Daughter”
Whose Love Was Honest And True!

I often lie awake at night,
when others are asleep.
I take a walk down memory lane,
with tears upon my cheeks.
No one knows the heartache,
I try so hard to hide.
Some people say as time goes by,
the heartache will subside.
But the feelings in my heart today,
are the same as the day you died.
It broke my heart to lose you,
your parting caused such pain.
But the greatest day has yet to come,
when we will meet again.
love always mum xxxxxx


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TO US ALL YOU ARE SO SPECIAL♥
WHAT ELSE IS THERE TO SAY♥
EXCEPT WE WISH WITH ALL OUR HEARTS♥
THAT YOU WAS HERE TO-DAY♥

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LOVE AS ALWAYS ALISON

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I LOOK AROUND AND I SEE SO MANY BROKEN HEARTS THAT WILL NEVER HEAL
I TRY TO IMAGINE HOW EACH PERSON WILL FEEL
I WRITE WORDS FILLED WITH SO MUCH LOVE
THEY ARE ALWAYS SENT TO OUR ANGELS RESTING IN HEAVEN ABOVE

I KNOW THAT WE ARE ALL FEELING THE PAIN SO BAD
WE ALL WANT THE FAMILY BACK THAT WE HAD
CHRISTMAS IS COMING WE SEEM TO FEEL THE PAIN SO MUCH MORE
ALL WE WANT IS TO SHARE THE TIMES LIKE WE DID BEFOR

WE CAN ONLY IMGAINE THAT YOU ARE ALL TOGETHER IN THE GARDEN OF LOVE
RIGHT NOW WE ALL NEED OUR ANGELS TO SEND KISSES FROM HIGH ABOVE
ALLOW US TO FEEL THEM FLOATING RIGHT BY
FROM EACH AND EVERY ANGEL RESTING IN THE SKY

WE ALL NEED TO KNOW THAT OUR ANGELS ARE STILL AROUND
MAYBE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEND A FEW PURE WHITE FEATHERS FOR US TO FIND ON THE GROUND
HELP US ALL THOUGH THE HARD TIMES THAT ARE LAYING AHEAD
EACH ONE OF OUR ANGELS LIVES ON IN OUR HEARTS AND IN OUR HEARTS THEY ARE NOT DEAD

WHILE EVER OUR HEARTS ARE BEATING THEY WILL BE PART OF OUR LIVES THEY ALWAYS WILL
EVEN WHEN WE ARE GOING THOUGH SUCH A HORRIBLE TIME AND IT FEELS LIKE OUR LIFES ARE STOOD SO STILL

OUR ANGELS WILL BE WITH US AND THEY WILL HELP TO GUIDE US EVERY DAY
THEY WILL ALL BE LISTENING IN HEAVEN TO THE WORDS THAT WE HAVE TO SAY
THIS TIME OF YEAR GETS HARDER HAS EACH DAY GOES ON BY
OUR ANGELS DO NOT LIKE TO SEE US WHEN WE BREAK DOWN AND CRY

THE SPIRIT OF EACH AND EVERY ANGEL LIVES ON FOREVER MORE
UNTIL IT IS OUR TIME TO JOIN THEM THEY WILL WAIT FOR US AT HEAVENS DOOR
THEY CAN READ DEEP INSIDE EACH AND EVERY BROKEN HEART THEY LEFT BEHIND RIGHT HERE
MAYBE IF WE LISTEN TO OUR HEARTS THEY WILL BE ABLE TO WHISPER IN OUR EAR......
copyright Rosalind Roberts 19/11/09

Broken Hearted Mum (Close Friend) Yesterday midday

If Your Knew

If you knew where I am standing
If you could see the sights I see
If you could hear the angels singing
The songs they sing eternally
If you knew the One I'm holding
Could see the smile He smiles at me
If you knew where I am resting
You would not cry for me

I'm resting in the arms of Jesus
No other place would I rather be
So if you shed a tear
Please don't shed it for me
For if you knew where I am resting
You would not cry for me

(by Steven Kinworthy)

SEE YOU IN MY DREAMS.......

HOW LONG DO MY TEARS TAKE TO DRY
I GUESS IT'S FOREVER BECAUSE I ALWAYS CRY
I MISS YOU SO MUCH MORE THAN I CAN TELL
IT SEEMS LIKE I AM LIVING A NIGHMARE A LIVING HELL

I AM SO LOST WITHOUT YOU I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO
NOTHING ON THIS EARTH WILL EVER BE THE SAME WITHOUT YOU
I LONG TO FEEL YOUR ARMS AROUND ME HOLDING ME TIGHT
HELPING ME GET THOUGH EACH AND EVERY NIGHT

MY HEART ACHES WITH SADDNESS I LONG FOR YOUR TOUCH
HOW HARD IT IS TO LIVE WITHOUT SOME ONE THAT I LOVE SO MUCH
EVERY MEMORY YOU LEFT IS MINE TO KEEP
COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS WHILE I SLEEP......
copyright Rosalind Roberts 12/11/09

Broken Hearted Mum (Close Friend) 1 week ago

IITH NOVEMBER 2009

✿..LET US REMEMBER THEM...✿

✿ 'Please wear a poppy', the lady said
and held one forth, but I shook my head.
Then I stopped and watched as she offered them there,
And her face was old, and lined with care;
But beneath the scars the years had made
There remained a smile that refused to fade.✿

✿ A boy came wistling down the street,
Bouncing along, on care free feet
His smile was full of joy and fun,
'Lady', said he, 'May I have one?'
When she pinned it on, he turned to say,
'Why do we wear a poppy today?'✿

✿ The lady smiled in her wistful way,
and answered, 'This is Rememberance Day,
And the poppy there is the symbol for,
the gallant men who died in war,
and because they died you and I are free--
Thats why we wear a poppy, you see'.✿

✿ 'I had a boy about your size,
with golden hair and big blue eyes.
He loved to play and jump and shout,
free as a bird he would race about.
As the years went by, he learned and grew
and became a man--as you will, too.' ✿

✿ 'He was fine and strong, with a boyish smile,
but he'd seemed with us such a little while
When war broke out and he went away,
I still remember his face that day.
When he smiled at me and said'Good-bye,
I'll soon be back, mom, so please don't cry'.✿

✿ 'But the war went on and he had to stay,
and all I could do was wait and pray.
His letters told of the awful fight,
(I can see it in my dreams at night),
with the tanks and guns and cruel Barbed wire,
and the mines and bullets, the bombs and fire.'✿

✿'Till at last the war was won-
and thats why we wear a poppy son'.
The small boy turned as if to go,
Then said 'Thanks lady, I'm glad to know.
That sure did sound like an awful fight,
But your Son-- did he come back alright?'✿

✿ A tear rolled down each faded cheek;
she shook her head, but didn't speak.
I slunk away in a sort of shame,
and if you were me you'd have done the same;
For our thanks, in giving, is oft delayed,
though our freedome was bought-and thousands paid.✿

✿ And so when we see a poppy worn, let us reflect on the burden borne
By those who gave their very all
and asked to answer their country's call
That we at home in peace might live.
Then wear a poppy. Remember-- and give!✿

✿ Lest we forget......✿



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FOR MONDAY

Your presence I miss,
Your memory I treasure,
Loving you always,
Forgetting you never.

FOR TUESDAY

Loving you is easy,
We do it every day,
Missing you is a heartache,
That never goes away.

FOR WEDNESDAY

No farewell words were spoken,
No time to say goodbye,
You were gone before we knew it,
And only God can tell us why.

FOR THURSDAY

Memory is a lovely lane,
Where hearts are ever true,
A lane I so often travel down,
Because it leads to you.


FOR FRIDAY

Wings Of The Angels

A gentle wind blew cross the land
Reaching out to take a hand
For on the winds the angels came
Calling out a mother's name.

Left behind, the children's tears
Loving memories of the years
Of joy and love, a life well spent
And now to God a mother's sent.

On angel's wings, a heavenly flight
The journey home, towards the light
To those who weep, a life is gone
But in God's love, 'tis but the dawn.

FOR SATURDAY

If I Had One Last Day

If I had one last day
To tell you what's inside
I'd tell you that I'm sorry
For all the times I've lied

I'd tell you that I need you
To hold my hand today
I'd tell you that I love you
I'd ask you, please, to stay

You'd look at me and smile
The way you always would
And say "I'd love to stay,
If only I really could"

Then you'd laugh the way you did
Whenever I was blue
You'd wipe my tears and whisper softly,
"Don't cry, I love you too"

If I had one last day
I'd love you from the start
I'd stop hiding how I feel
I'd say what's in my heart

If I had one last day,
I'd say my last good-bye
And that even though you are far away,
In my heart, you'll never die.

FOR SUNDAY

Cry Not My Friend

When you wake up tomorrow
And I am no where to be found
When you scream out my name
To the emptiness around

When every beat inside your heart
Is skipping and unsure
Cry not my friend for I am here,
Inside your love so pure

When the waves that used to touch our feet
Have gone back out to sea
When everything you once held dear
Was lost when you lost me

When the sun that once lit up your face
Is setting far away
Cry not my Friend for time shall pass,
But my love for you will stay

When age arrives and children play
And pain creeps up on you
When loved ones show you happiness
That your life never knew

When all of your expectations are met,
No matter what the pain
Cry not my friend, for I am waiting
To hold you once again

When beauty in your eyes turn grey
And all of the rainbow, white
When strong undying hearts
No longer feel an urge to fight

When winter snows become more pain
Than beauty in your heart
Cry not my friend, for I am here
And we will never ever part

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Thoughts Today, Memories Forever
Angela Christopher’s Very Proud Mum

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Marie-Angela Rowe 2 weeks ago

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Prayer of Faith.

We trust that beyond absence there is a presence.
That beyond the pain there can be healing.
That beyond the brokenness there can be wholeness.
That beyond the anger there may be peace.
That beyond the hurting there may be forgiveness.
That beyond the silence there may be the word.
That beyond the word there may be understanding.
That through understanding there is love.

Anon

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Mel Xxxxx 2 weeks ago

to your angel bonnie

Angels

When you were born, an angel smiled,
As you became a child, an angel sat on your shoulder
When you became an adult, an angel held your hand
As you grew old, an angel walked down the road with you,
And, when you died, another angel got their wings.

Dorothy Hardy (Friend) 2 weeks ago

HOLD ME ONCE MORE.........

TAKE ME BACK IN TIME AND ALLOW ME TO HOLD YOU SO TIGHT
STAND RIGHT BY MY SIDE AND HELP ME MAKE IT THOUGH ANOTHER NIGHT
I CAN CLOSE MY EYES AND SEE YOU STANDING RIGHT THERE
SHOWING ME HOW MUCH YOU LOVE AND YOU ALWAYS CARE

I KNOW THAT YOU ARE CLOSE BY ME WHEN I NEED YOU STILL
WHEN MY TIME COMES AND MY DREAMS YOU WILL FORFIL
YOU WILL HOLD OUT YOUR ARMS AND I WILL BE FREE
BECAUSE I WILL HAVE JOINED YOU FOREVER IN ETERNITY.........
copyright Rosalind Roberts 1/11/09

Broken Hearted Mum (Close Friend) 3 weeks ago

i wrote your name in the sand and the waves washed it away, so i wrote it in the sky and the wind blew it away, so i wrote it in my heart and that is where it will stay love always bonnie xxxxx

Jackie Summerford (Mum) 3 weeks ago
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