All my love, Luey xxxx - May 2009 (Paul's friend from schooldays)

Dear Jill, Since Paul's funeral I have experienced sadness and loss on a scale I never imagined. I can only begin to understand how you and the girls are feeling. The funeral and the wake have really helped comfort me.Paul would have been happy that it was somehow a beautiful day. After the wake, Billy, Nikkos, Lisa and myself went back to Paul's grave and we sat with him until the sun went down. The cemetery came alight with lots of pretty lights and was really peaceful when we left.Paul will not be forgotten by any of us and his death will not be easily accepted. I know that many of his friends have visited, some regularly in the last week. It will take some time for everyone to come to terms with what's happened. I hope that you will come and stay with me, keeping in touch with Paul's family and friends will help keep him with us more. I really am thinking of you and Paul and the girls. Paul would be so proud at the way you held yourself together and the love that was everywhere at his wake.