Mary Bridget And Gerard Francis McGrillen

Mary Bridget McGrillen
Died 1/12/05
Aged 69yrs
Homemaker/Mother
Mother of six
Passed due to an unfortunate accident that left her disabled.

Also Her Loving Husband and our dear Dad
Gerard Francis McGrillen
Died 9/2/1979
Aged 46yrs



Don"t think of me as dead and gone
Please understand I have just moved on
God took my hand when you thought I had died
And led me over to the other side.
There's a better life than the one we know
And to it one day we all must go
No more pain or hardship, or times of misery
Instead there's all our loved ones
As happy as can be.

You may not see me for a little while
Hear me laugh or see me smile
But I promise you with all my heart
From the ones I love I will never part.
I will always be with you, however far you walk
I will always listen, when you feel you need to talk
So when you are saddened or driven to despair
Take comfort from the knowledge that I am always there.

One day soon I will share with you the happiness I have found
And you will see life doesn't end six feet beneath the ground
Forget about graveside visits and fresh flowers every day
A yearly verse in the papers is surely not the way
When there is something you want to say
Or you wish that I was near
Just talk to me like you always did
I promise I will hear.


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My Mum was one in a milion, always had good advice to give out, she was always there when i was in trouble or just needed to talk.
Life just is not the same now without her here. There is a big empty space that no-one can ever fill. You will always be my soulmate, my pal, my brightest star in the sky and my reddest rose
Loved still and always will be by her daughter Angela son-in-law Alan and Grand-daughters Nathalie, Danielle and Charlene........R.I.P

Also her sons Gerard, and his famly Deirdre, Kieran, Charles, Clare and Michael.
John, Andrea ad Daniel.
The late Charles mcgrillen and daughter Charlene.
Paul, Gillian, Pauline and Courtney.
Mark, Hazel and Christopher.

Brothers Dan, Tommy, Jim and Christopher.
Sisters Jean and her husband John and their daughter Margaret and her family.
Her late brother John boyle, his wife Marina and their children Anthony, Sean, Geraldine and Paul.
Margaret and her husband Billy and their children Annemarie & Michael and their families in Adelaide Australia.
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My Daddy died when I was just 11 Years old. I was a real Daddies girl and I remember him very well. He was a quiet man around strangers but he was very witty around his family and friends. He died of Cancer and suffered greatly during this horrible disease. He was a good daddy to me and I will always remember him, I only wish he had been around longer to see his grand-children and to see his own children grow up and get married but I know he is watching down on all of us from heaven.....love you Daddy xxxx angela ......R.I.P

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Gone, but not forgotten
This pain, I cannot hide
In memory, I see you
A million tears, I’ve cried.

The tender thoughts you left me
Come to my memory
Your loving smile, so precious
Will always be with me.

You visit me in summer
When flowers are in bloom
Upon a ray of sunshine
A star-lit night in June.

When winds are gently blowing
Across a cloudless sky
Within a rolling meadow
Where horse and cattle lie.

I see you in the treetops
As summer comes to be
In shadows, you do linger
A soul so young and free.

I see you in the garden
Your scent does fill the air
Just like a precious flower
A rose, so ever fair.

On country roads, I find you
Along the wooded lane
Within the distant thunder
I see you in the rain.

In early hush of morning
You come without a sound
Upon a blazing sunset
Your memory can be found.

Like sprigs of morning glory
Upon the vine, they grow
With branches reaching outward
Into my heart, you go.

Just like a special angel
God wrapped you in His care
And took you off to heaven
To live with Him, up there.

But often, I still see you
Upon a light blue sky
And long so much to hold you
Why did you have to die?


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Look for me in Spingtime
As raindrops fill the air
In the splendor of the rainbow
You’ll find my presence there.

You will find me in the fragrance
Of April’s sweet perfume
Drifting through the clover
On a sultry day in June.

An August day will find me
Upon the summer breeze
On the distant sound of the thunder
In the gently swaying trees.

In the golden fields of harvest
Is where I can be found.
As autumn time approaches
And leaves comes tumbling down

In the wintertime when days are short
And chill is in the air
Just look into a moonlit night
You’ll find me lingering there.

When the setting sun has gone away
And shadows fill the night
When the cloak of darkness lifts its veil
I’ll be your morning light.

So when you feel discouraged
Get on your knees and pray
You’ll feel me there beside you
I’m just a breath away.

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SAFELY IN THE MORNING,
YOU HEARD A GENTLE CALL,
YOU TOOK THE HAND GOD OFFERED YOU,
AND QUIETLY LEFT US ALL

THE DAY YOU LEFT US MOTHER,
OUR HEARTS JUST BROKE IN TWO,
THE SMALLEST PART IS STILL WITH US,
AND THE BIGGEST PART WITH YOU

FOR THE REST OF OUR LIVES
WE WILL MISS YOU MOTHER,
OUR SECRET TEARS STILL FLOW,
OH, HOW MUCH WE REALLY LOVED YOU,
NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW

WE MISS YOUR SMILE, YOUR JOKING WAYS,
WE MISS THE THINGS YOU USED TO SAY,
AND WHEN OLD TIMES WE DO RECALL,
IT IS THEN WE MISS YOU MOST OF ALL.

YOU WERE ALWAYS THERE WHEN WE NEEDED YOU,
NO TASK TO GREAT OR SMALL,
WITH LOVING HEART AND WILLING HANDS,
FOR US YOU DID IT ALL.

LOOK AROUND YOUR GARDEN LORD,
AND WHEN SHE TURNS AND SMILES,
PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND HER,
AND HOLD HER FOR A WHILE.

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My fondest childhood memories

I remember before I started school you getting the boys up and making toast and tea, Lighting the coal fire when it was cold in the mornings so that we would be nice and warm.
When the boys went off to school you used to bring me up a glass of milk and a piece of jam and bread, then we would go back to sleep until about 10am.
Back then the TV was black and white and only had three channels, Nothing was ever on it till half past ten except the test card, the little girl with long hair and the balloon.
Then the children’s programmes started and you made me my boiled egg and toastie soldiers.
The riverbank with all the little animals hammy hamster was my favourite. Do you remember Mary, Mongo and Midge, I used to cry when it went over if only they had had video recorders back then I would of been in my glory and you wouldn't of had to sit me on your knee and tell me story’s to stop me crying. Remember the herbs we used to sing parsley the lion's song together "I'm a very friendly lion called parsley" and dill the dog was always chasing his tail.
We spent some lovely times together before I started school. I remember when it snowed and I was so excited that I would not eat my lunch and then the snow started to stop and you told me the baby Jesus was sad because I was not eating my good food and I really believed you, and you said if I ate up all my soup that the baby Jesus would turn the snow back on, I remember I could not get it into me quick enough, and like magic when I had finished the snow started to fall heavy again and you let me out the back to play in it.
I remember missing you so much when I started school, I always wanted you to keep me home with you, I remember being so jealous when you started child minding a little boy called Mark, I used to nip him when you were not looking but I think you knew all along it was me that made him cry, I used to say he is such a wingy baby and then you made me realise that like me when I was at school and missed you he was just a little baby and he missed his mum and dad too. Then I felt terribly guilty so I never nipped him anymore and I let him play with my toys.
How you ever got ready for your night job I will never understand because I was clinging round your waist and asking for hugs and kisses and peppe the poodle was sitting by the door howling like a wolf cos he knew you were going to work, once he saw you stand at the mirror to put your makeup on he started crying and I remember john and Gerard had to take him out a walk on his lead so that you could get out of the house. Then of course you had to give me loads of kisses and hugs and tell me you will see me later alligator before you got out the door and I never went to bed until you were back, Daddy used to make me go up about 11pm but I stayed awake until you came home and we said our prayers and you told me jack and the beanstalk for the hundreth time and of course when jack killed the giant and they were rich he had all the things that I liked to eat because I used to say did he he get ice-cream and jelly and did he get boiled egg and toast. When I think back mum I was so demanding you must of had the patience of a saint.
I will always treasure our special little memories that we shared just you and me, love you always and always will, night night, sleep tight and don’t let the bedbugs bite. xx


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When you loose someone you love


I find it hard each and every day to accept that my mum has gone. I guess I just assumed she would always be there. But then somewhere out of the blue like a lightning bolt they’re gone, in a blink of an eyelid they have passed on. I knew my mum was dying I even knew that night I would never see her again or hear her voice, see her smile despite the amount of pain and suffering she was going through yet something inside me said no your just being morbid, it wont happen……but it did! I was only home and got into bed exhausted from being at the hospital all day with her when I fell into a slight doze but I jumped in my sleep and woke up and five minutes later the phone rang. I knew it was the hospital before I answered it infact I knew she was gone even though they said she had taken a turn for the worse and could I come up…I had had that call so many times and I used to go up no matter what the time and sit with her and when she seen me she settled down and went to sleep….this time I knew it was different yet still I told myself I was over reacting but I felt a coldness and an eary feeling. When the taxi arrived and the radio was playing westlifes you raise me up I knew that was it. I walked into the hospital my heart was in my gut cos I knew I was never going to see my mum alive again. The nurse came towards me as I walked up to the ward and said “are you Angela?" and I replied my mum is dead isn’t she and she said yes.

I walked into her ward and the curtain was pulled, her bedside lamp was lit and she looked so peaceful and happy, she had a little wooden crucifix in her hand my brother’s stepson had brought her it back from Rome. I touched her face and she was still warm, then I kissed her goodbye and took off her rings and necklaces. I sat there with her on my own for about 10 minutes just holding her hand and I said a little prayer that she taught me when I was a child….Now I lay me down to sleep, I pray the lord my soul to keep, If I should die before I wake, I pray the lord my soul to take. Then I phoned my brothers and her sister and brothers. To me it seems like yesterday its all so clear in my mind. When you loose someone you love they never leave your heart or mind.

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A letter from Heaven

I see tears fall down your face
When your thoughts have turned to me.
Just know that I’m in heaven,
With my Lord, who’s set me free.

No pain or sadness do I feel,
For God is by my side.
The beauty here in Heaven
Is now where I reside.

I know it’s hard for you to cope
For you can’t feel my touch.
But every moment, I can see
And love you very much.

When you are at your lowest
And feel you can’t go on,
Look towards the heavens
The light will be turned on.

Talk to me, just like you did
On earth when I was there.
You see, I’m not so far away …
Only as far as a prayer.

And when it’s time for you to join
Me up in Heaven above.
It’s then that you will realize,
The Golden Place of love.

For here there is no sadness,
Just everlasting light.
Someday we will be joined again,
When it’s time to take your flight.
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Death is nothing

Death is nothing at all,
I have only slipped into the next room
I am I and you are you
Whatever we were to each other, that we are still.
Call me by my old familiar name,
Speak to me in the easy way which you always used
Put no difference in your tone,
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me, pray for me.
Let my name be ever the household word that it always was,
Let it be spoken without effect, without the trace of shadow on it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was, there is unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am waiting for you, for an interval, somewhere very near,
Just around the corner.
All is well, nothing is lost.
One brief moment and all will be as it was before.

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Love

You loved
And were loved in return.
You love
And are still loved.
You will always love
And will forever be loved.
Wrap it in the petals of roses
Hold it in your heart
For eternity.
Thinking of you,
Angela xxx