It’s the little things I’ll miss, like dad always trying to give me directions to places, and me saying ‘I’ll just use my SatNav’, then him asking me which roads I went on and me answering ‘I don’t know, I just used my SatNav’! Seeing something funny online and wanting to share it with him… Dad using the Little Miss Sunshine cup for his tea when he came to visit cos he couldn’t drink a big cup… Dad exclaiming ‘You what???!’ at the price of something and us laughing at the shock on his face… Dad liking things plain and simple.. ‘a bit of Dairy Milk will do me’.. Taking us out for the day but not telling us where we’re going until we got there… Mum sticking up for Dad’s painstaking perfectionism at any task he put his hand to ‘it might take him a bit longer, but he does the job properly’ (he did, but there were sometimes a lot of ‘damn it’s and the odd stronger word!… The fact that he could do pretty much anything - how could anyone be so skilled??! His zest for knowledge and love of learning and understanding how things worked… His love for life, of nature, his love of things, - stamps, coins, postcards etc.. he was a real collector.. and he always wondered where I got my hoarding from!! He has always been fiercely protective of and loyal to his family and friends, he was generous to a fault, he would help anyone whenever possible and was a man of integrity, honesty, compassion and generosity. Although I grew up thinking we were poles apart, I came to realise that we are similar in many ways, which is something I am proud of and grateful for. He was a devoted Husband, an inspirational Dad and such a proud Grandad. He has taught me so much about life and there won’t be a day that passes when I don’t think about him and wish he could be back with us. I wake up and see the morning sunshine and I smile because I know Dad would have had a plan for the day… There’s so much more I could say, so many stories I could share, but it would never seem enough. We were truly blessed to have him xx