Valerie MARTIN Obituary

My beautiful Mum
It was 2 years today at this very time that I knew we only had moments left before you would slip away. Saying goodbye to you Mum was the hardest thing I have ever had to do and the pain is still with me every day. I am blessed to have your beautiful garden at my home as I still have you with me and more importantly you are amongst the flowers, birds and monarch butterflies surrounded by everything you loved. I miss you Mum and I'm still lost without you and think I always will be. Love Michelle xx

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY DEARST FRIEND.....

Thinking of you all, Lesley and fam xxx

Thinking of you all, Lesley and fam xxx

Thinking of you all, Lesley and fam xxx

Mum
I wandered to your garden and placed your flowers with care
No-one knows the heartache
as I turned and left you there
It feels you left me yesterday
The wounds are still so sore
For every minute of everyday
I miss you more and more xx

Birthdays are filled with yesterdays memories xx
Thinking of you with love, Michelle xxxx
I bet there's a big party happening in heaven today xxx

Happy Birthday Nanny. Queens birthday weekend was always wonderful, we would all come to your house, have a massive feast and shower you with gifts like the queen you were and still are in our hearts. I wish you were still here to celebrate your birthday with us but we will be celebrating it tonight in your memory with a roast, birthday cake and a good old Lion Red to wash it down (yuck haha). Love you so much and I know you will be watching over us as we laugh and cry while we reminisce about how special you were and still are to us. Love you nana xox

Nanny, I miss you now more than ever. It is hard enough losing someone you love so much, the matriarch of our family, but it is also hard dealing with what is left behind. You were the glue that held this family together, always there for your girls, someone for them to ring and talk to when they needed advice and guidance. Now it is up to us to help each other. We have all taken on different roles now and the family dynamic has changed. I wish it never had though. I wish you were still here for us all. Life is hard without your guidance. I ring mum every day and I can't imagine not being able to do that, and that is what it must be like for your daughters. If you are reading this can you please find a way to help us, to get through this and be just as strongly glued together as we were when you were alive. I realise nothing will ever be the same without you but I still hope for good times. Please remember nana, you are never far away from our thoughts and in our hearts each and every day. I love you so much and wish I could hug you just one more time xox

Mum
If I had one wish it would be to have you back again, even if just for a little while, but long enough to hug you and wish you a happy Mothers day and tell you how much I miss and love you. Today is still your day Mum wherever you may be resting. You never leave my thoughts love Michelle xxxxx

VAL
SO SAD TO SEE U GO. I ASKED YOU TO WAIT UNTIL I GOT BACK.
IT FILLS ME WITH GRIEF AND WOE, YOU SILLY GIRL, YOU'VE GOT THE SACK.
I REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES WE'VE
HAD, SOME WERE GOOD, SOME WERE BAD.
NEVER MIND DARLS, YOU'RE AT PEACE NOW, MO MORE PAIN, IT'S A BEAUTIFUL DAY, NO MORE RAIN.
MY BESTEST MATE, WE'LL MEET SOME DAY SOON, NOT AT THE PUB BUT NEXT TO THE MOON.

LOVE 4 EVER. xxxx

Each day I think about you and realise you have gone,
I can't explain the emptiness that life has now become,
They say that time's a healer, but I am not too sure,
For every time I think of you, I miss you more and more.

My dearest nanny, it was exactly a year ago that I got the phone call to say that you had passed. Not a day goes by that I don't think of you. I miss our laughs, your amazing wit and your cuddles. You always accepted me for who I was and didn't try to make me someone I wasn't. Rest easy nan, I love you xox - Danielle

I remember today like it was yesterday Mum...I remember your strength and determination to fight the inevitable-not for you Mum but for us, your girls, as you were more worried about us than yourself. I remember the heartache and helplessness we felt watching you suffer more and more towards the end...
I remember the last call I made to hospice and I remember your fight slipping into acceptance...
I remember being there when you took your last breath...and I remember a part of my heart leaving with you a year ago today...right where it belongs. I love you and not a day goes by that I don't think of you. Today I light a candle in memory of you my beautiful Mum...Love Michelle xxxx

Missing you on Melbourne Cup day. Got a bet on a horse I know you would take.

~Lisa

miss you mum xxxx Michelle

Today, I celebrated your life and the memories that you have created for me. To remember your laughter as we chatted about anything and nothing. Wishing that I could call you and wish you a happy birthday, and to hear your voice once more.

Memories

I feel a warmth around me
Like your presence is so near,
And I close my eyes to visualize
Your face when you were here,
I endure the times we spent together
And they are locked inside my heart,
For as long as I have those memories
We will never be apart.

On your special day Mum
The candles are glowing, Neil Diamond is softly playing and the wine is poured.....I know your celebrating with me. Not a minute goes by that I don't think of you and wish you were still with us. Eternal love and beautiful memories, Michelle XXXXX

Terribly missed on Mother's day xx
Mum... working on your remembrance garden gave me peace on this sad day. Its going to be beautiful and ready in time for your birthday. Forever love Michelle xxx

Missing you on Mothers Day. Wish you were here.

In loving memory of a wonderful person. You will always be in my heart and my thoughts. Rest in peace Val.

Nanny, I think you know just how cherished you are. Not a day will go by where I don't think of your strength, humour and wit. Be at peace and know we will always be with you. Love always, Danielle, Chris, Liam and Chrystal xox

MARTIN, Valerie June. To my beautiful Mum I know the pain will lesson For that's what everyone says But I'll never be the same person Since the day you couldn't stay But now I have to grow up And be strong in all I do And on the days I need to talk I'll be in the garden, especially made for you Forever love, Michelle

MARTIN, Valerie June. Beloved daughter of Shirley, sleep long my love, no more pain. Mum.

MARTIN, Valerie June. Mum, you have been through so much but you were still able to make us laugh. Special memories will always bring a smile and you will live on in my heart and thoughts forever. Love you and will miss you every day. Lisa.

MARTIN, Valerie June. Much loved sister of Gary and Carol, sister-in-law of Mark and aunty of Lee, Amy, Andy, Karl, Regan and Monique. In our hearts forever.