Through death life comes

This post is really going to be one of the toughest I have put up, the reason for this is because if has affected so many people very close to us and possibly some that will be reading this.

John & Helen Gray (Grandparents to my wife Debbie) are two of the coolest people I had ever had the privilege of meeting. after we got married we planned a trip in 2006 to the UK where they lived to go and see the family over there. At once I was impressed by them, their love for each other was amazing. At the time of the visit I was amazed to find that they had been married for over 60 years and the love hadn't gone. They were fun loving people and I really enjoyed the time that we spent there, as I am sure you will gather from the pics there was a love here and it is rare... I personally have never heard of anyone being married to a single person for that long. Anyway over the years John got older and Helen stuck by, towards the end of last year things really started to go downhill and at one time took a very quick downhill spiral and caused some serious concern and most certainly sadness within the family. Debbie was at the time trying desperately to get a passport sorted for Gabriella so that she could go over and see them, sadly this didn't happen in time and with the pregnancy looming near it made international travel almost impossible without putting Caleb at risk so she couldn't get over to see them. Val (Debbie's mom) managed to go over and see them and sadly the weeks that she was there John passed away. We are really grateful for the fact that she was able to get there and see them before John passed away. There has most certainly a void left behind... A Father gone, a Grandfather missed and a sweetheart lost...

John Edwin Thomas Gray

29th May 1916 - 2nd April 2013

So that's not the end of the story, there is always a point to these posts... on the 29th May John would have been 97 years old and sadly wasn't here to celebrate, however God had plans for us and on that day God decided for Caleb to enter the world. as one life passes away another is added to an ever growing family. While in the hospital last week and Debs was in labour she looked at her phone and saw that it would have  been Johns birthday. We had finally found a second name for our son after months of  deliberation. 



Caleb John Payne

Born 29th May 2013