Today was Kerry's funeral! Something I had been dreading attending for some time. Not because I didn't want to pay my respects to an incredible woman, but because I knew there would be people there who are two faced hypocrits who never had a good word to say about Kerry while she was alive and were only there because they were bloody nosey! I know that sounds awful, but I can't help telling the truth! There were people there who had asked me not to invite Kerry to get togethers at my home, which I find incredible! Thankfully I have my own mind and do what I want to do in my own home!
The send off was beautiful, the church was packed, the hymns were lovely, the eulogy was wonderful, but for me the two things that brought tears to my eyes were the poem Kerry's 11 year old daughter tried to read and the speech Kerry's husband Dave made. To say that he was angry is putting it mildly, but he was right to be angry, because a lot of people think that the reason for Kerry's illness and the speed with which it took her life was down to the stress she went through. You see Kerry was one of those people who gave her all to her job, she did in fact give her life! I won't put all the details on here, out of respect for Kerry and her family, but the Health Authority she worked for for many many years, and where she did her training, basically crapped on her from a great height - and today Dave named and shamed those responsible knowing that it would get back to them! A brave step to take, but an understandable one! Kerry, the bubbly fun loving girl who would give the shirt off her back to help someone was accused of being a bully and racist, and the people who accused her of this were people she thought were her friends. I believe they lied, and what is even more incredible is the main perpetrator of these lies was promoted once Kerry was suspended and then removed from her post! Incredible that in this day and age people can lie in court and get away with it. And what is even worse, the person that did this to Kerry denied that she was her friend, yet just a few years before this had been on holiday with her!
I hope that Kerry can rest in peace now, and I hope that Dave can have some closure now that he has had his say, and I hope that the people who did this to Kerry never have another days peace for as long as they live! Kerry's 15 year old son stood tall today, tears in his eyes, and tried to be strong for his dad and little sister, Kerry's 11 year old daughter was in pieces. She was bereft that this was her time to say goodbye to the fun loving vibrant mummy who had always been there for her, given her everything she could, and all she wanted now was a cuddle from her mum!
Kerry and Dave - taken just 18 months ago at a party we went to!
Because I was unsure if the people I did not like were going to continue on to the wake, I decided not to attend. There was also a burial after the church service, and I couldn't face that either. So myself and Mel went for lunch and we had a bottle of wine and toasted Kerry, which in Kerry's eyes would be the thing to do! We all had visions of Kerry sitting on a cloud with a glass of wine in one hand and her mobile phone in the other! If Kerry wasn't laughing and joking she was on her phone, which never seemed to stop ringing! God bless you Kerry Marriott, you will be so sadly missed by so many, but you will live on in your two children, who look so much like you, and I hope that they will both grow up to be like their mum too - bubbly, cheeky, radiant and full of fun, that was Kerry!
After I got home from lunch we had a bit of a break and a cup of tea, then finally went to the doctors on the estate to register with them. I am finding it increasingly difficult to drive, and when I go to my surgery in town it is a difficult drive and parking is a nightmare! The surgery on the estate is literally a 2 minute drive and there is lots of parking, which is a relief! I also feel that the surgery in town is now too big, the doctors are not interested, and most of the time they don't even look up when you are talking! This for me is just rude! How can they possibly know how I am when they don't even look at me? Anyway, we are now on the move, hopefully, and with that move we should get a full overhaul by the new doctors! Now that should be interesting!
I have a busy day again tomorrow, my theatre trip with Elaine and Vic and meal out, so I am off to bed shortly. The pain today has been mostly everywhere! I have struggled to hold up my head, my shoulders really hurt, and my hips and knees feel like they have red hot pokers stuck in them! But I will carry on, I will not give in, and maybe one day I can just get something that will help me! But I would like a cure for cancer to be found first, because cancer kills, and I really don't want any more children to have to go through what Kerry's children did today! Cancer sucks, I hate it with a passion, and I pray to God that one day that cure will be found!
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