UPDATE – NEW WEBSITE – COMFORT GROUP – GROWTH
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Hello Everyone.Just to let you all know I have been in hospital and therefore may have seemed to be inactive. Well – yes for a few weeks over Xmas and up to date to recover but all those who know me know I have been bubbling beneath the surface!!!!! Christmas was a very sad time – it just overpowers me so much, so much so that I am considering helping out at a hospice next year.
DARE TO DREAM website www.idaretodream.org – will be live by the end of the month and will have NATIONAL publicity this will in turn help the Water Safety Campaign to cover new ground and gain – I hope massive momentum.
The raft bought in 2006 by Chris’s friends has had its first real trial at Capel Curig and it has been filmed and dedicated to you all and Chris. It is done with humour as CJ would appreciate but it makes me feel PROUD of your achievement. Chris Turnbulls Barmy Army xxx There will be a link soon for this film.
The inquest for Sean Laxen was last week and I would just like to remember him in our thoughts – Sean drowned further down the valley exactly 12 months and 1 week to the day of the anniversary of my son. I have met and worked extensively with his family and found ground in that we can support eachother. God Bless Sean.
So many North Wales children seem to have lost their lives for one reason or another within the last 18 months – and my heart goes out to their families and friends. So much so that I am setting up a ‘comfort’ group – a meeting place on a fortnightly basis where parents who have lost a child or friends of the child can come together for ‘comfort’ and a ‘HUG’. It may sound silly – but hugs are so very important and much needed in these difficult times. More information will be available soon.
I have also qualified as an NLP practitioner – I did this course to help me help others further in what I want to do long term. I hope it will help me in my quest.
I have also secured a number of Outdoor Pursuits courses etc – to be finalised this week that should be ongoing for small groups of you to go on all expenses paid adventures some local some away. Again more info soon.
It will be 18 months on Valentines Day since I last saw Chris. There is not a day goes by of which I do not cry, bawl my head off, or shed a silent tear – a term I use now is – ‘my face is leaking’ – I miss my darling boy so very much . I ask why, I have read many books and become much more spiritual than I was already – for me it has helped and is a way of coping. I make no bones about the fact that all the things I do help me so much and I am sure keep me here and as sane as I possibly can be. I just hope reading what is on this site helps others too.
Love and ‘ Hugs’
Debbie Turnbull
