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jimbo;1007022 wrote: i have not been able to walk poopzilla much my feet have been pretty bad ,but on my mountain bike miles in ceasers camp an ancient roman fort and mile upon mile of unspoiled woodlands. its very hilly and very easy to get lost as we did we went for hours then in the middle of nowhere i came across a bench on a concrete slab and on the bench there was a plaque it said







PIPS SEAT



in loving memory of my beloved husband "PIP"who walked these woods each day with his labrador SAM





LOVES LAST GIFT REMEMBERANCE SYLV 1993





I KNOW I'M A SADDO BUT IT REALLY MOVED ME WHO WAS PIP AND SYLV AND SAM I WILL NEVER KNOW BUT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ALL BE WALKING THE GREAT WOODS IN THE SKY TOGETHER



have you ever been really moved by something and is rememberance really loves final gift


aw that is nice Jimbo:-4 I love those remembrance benches:)

jimbo;1007022 wrote: i have not been able to walk poopzilla much my feet have been pretty bad ,but on my mountain bike miles in ceasers camp an ancient roman fort and mile upon mile of unspoiled woodlands. its very hilly and very easy to get lost as we did we went for hours then in the middle of nowhere i came across a bench on a concrete slab and on the bench there was a plaque it said







PIPS SEAT



in loving memory of my beloved husband "PIP"who walked these woods each day with his labrador SAM





LOVES LAST GIFT REMEMBERANCE SYLV 1993





I KNOW I'M A SADDO BUT IT REALLY MOVED ME WHO WAS PIP AND SYLV AND SAM I WILL NEVER KNOW BUT HOPEFULLY THEY WILL ALL BE WALKING THE GREAT WOODS IN THE SKY TOGETHER



have you ever been really moved by something and is rememberance really loves final gift


Jimbo - that is really touching.

I totally believe that rememberance is love's last gift

:-4

jimbo;1007037 wrote: it was in the middle of nowhere in the thick forset how they got the bench and concrete there is beyond me ,but that woman sylv must of really loved sam and pip to go through all that trouble ,and i had been riding my bike for miles i sat on the bench and my chins wobbled o


Aaaaww

jimbo;1007044 wrote: in a very manly way you understand :-3:-3:-3:-3
Absolutely

You're not a saddo, Jimbo. It would be a hard heart indeed that could walk by that and not be touched, I think.

I don't know if remembrance is love's last gift. I think honor is in there somewhere with it. Whatever it may be, I think love is a gift in itself. Not even Death can touch that. That's pretty powerful stuff.

Thank you friend, for posting this. :-6

:-4

Some unexpected moment can move me. A certain song, a scene in a movie I've seen 100 times, children singing, .

I've thought about words on a headstone on a grave and how brief they are. The stone doesn't tell much about the person lying there. But I still stand there in respect, whether I've know them or not. This was a person who lived and walked this earth, laughed, cried............. and someone misses.

That's very moving, Jimbo. I love unexpected memorials like that...

Jimbo I think your right it is moving and what a rememberance. We have 2 Benches along our beaches here in San Diego. One is for my Father and the Other is for an Aunt. I often go by and see a couple or kids sitting on them just enjoying the view of the ocean. :-6



[QUOTE]love's last gift rememberance [/QUOTE] :-4

Understandable. Completely. :-4

jimbo;1007706 wrote: having read my posts again i realise i must of sounded a bit of a sap



its just that here am i a guy missing my daughter gone back to the states not very well , my brothers and my cousine who died ,not feeling or doing to good myself alone in the middle of nowhere looking at a bench of a guy (pip)who like me just loved walking his dog right where i was then, sam the dog missed him just as i miss my loved ones



and sylv the wife was mourning and remembering her beloved husband just as i am missing and remembering my beautifull daughter Natashe who's birthday it would of been tomorow or is tomorrow





for jimbo very moving stuff indeed


You did not sound like a "sap" to me, Jimbo. You sound tender and sentimental, which are feelings we all share at times.

PS. You are still "manly" to me.

Men have feelings too,, my hubs is more open to showing his feelings that way than i am actually:o

jimbo;1101978 wrote: it would of been/or still is my younger brothers birthday today

cruelly taken from us in a house fire



brother all that knew you loved you ,rest in peace till we meet again :-6


(((Hugs))) to ya Jimbo :-4

What a special find you made.

I've never heard of remembrance benches. It's a lovely concept. So much nicer than a tombstone as it is part of the world at large, not just a graveyard.

jimbo;1102139 wrote: thanks boops:):)

i first found this bench just before what would of been/is my daughter natasha's birthday

i tried to find it again but is in miles and miles of hilly woodland and i could not

then the day before my brothers birthday whilst not even looking for pips bench i found it again ,i came from totally the other direction and there it was

and if someone asked me to take them to it today i dont think i could find it again


Sounds sort of spiritual. It's there when you need it........

jimbo;1101978 wrote: it would of been/or still is my younger brothers birthday today

cruelly taken from us in a house fire



brother all that knew you loved you ,rest in peace till we meet again :-6


Thinking of you & sending good thoughts your way .:-4

jimbo;1102528 wrote: thanks everyone:-6:-6

i have thought of my brother all day ,tried not to be sad and tried to think of the good times the laughes we had :-6:-6


Thinking of someone and what they meant to you, the times you had together, is the best way to keep them with you all the time. Always be thankful for the time you had together. :-4:-6

jimbo;1102528 wrote: thanks everyone:-6:-6

i have thought of my brother all day ,tried not to be sad and tried to think of the good times the laughes we had :-6:-6


Hope it made you smile at some of the memories Jim:-4:-4:-4