Lorraine Lewis
posted 29/08/2024
Gina you were like daughter to me.i have known you over 25 years when you married my son audie .having you in all out lifes was the best.i looked forwards to our family all together they were great times.thank you for giving me 3 wonderful grand children you will live on in them.and I know you made audie very happy too.i will never forget you my darling daughter you were the best.and I loved you will all my heart. RIP my lovely till we meet again mum xxxxx
Shaain Akhtar
posted 29/08/2024
A pleasure and a privilege to have met Gina and Audie and entire family, thank you for welcoming me into your lives at such critical time for you, and allowing me to share those precious moments from time to time with you all. I feel your hurt in my heart deeply, and I pray God sustains you all as you continue to endure the pain and grief of our beloved Gina. See you soon dear ones. Xxx
Natasha Baxter
posted 29/08/2024
To Gina
We had a great fun childhood and into adulthood. Alot of memories include lying in garden looking at the stars, going to town or outdoor pool most weekends, or cinema on Saturday afternoons, chilling in our bedrooms watching TV together or listening to music on our record players. We had a lot of laughs and fun. It was happy times, always there to support each other. You have left a big gap in my life a I love and miss you dearly. I am happy you are at peace and out of pain. Love your little sis tasha xxxxx
Michele
posted 30/08/2024
Dear Gina
I’m going to try my hardest to just keep this positive. We first met when you joined taekwondo with your children and Audie and immediately got on. I laugh at how you told me you didn’t really like people (I knew what you meant!!) but you had time for me in your life. Like I was one of your people who gets you.
Thanks for including me and giving me an opportunity for a small contribution in raising your kids through tkd and beyond. What amazing wonderful children they are.
Thanks for the coffees, chats and dinners.
Sorry for not spending more time with you near the end, but I think you were busy spending it with your nearest and dearest so hopefully you were happy with that.
Thanks for the time you got the club to pitch together to get me a white water rafting experience. No one had got me a Xmas party present before that. And the fact that you looked on my Facebook to see that was on my bucket list!
I’m here for the family in any way that I can XXX
Caroline Lindner
posted 04/09/2024
Dearest Gina
Thank you for your lifelong friendship, for never judging, for always caring, for all the laughs, for your wisdom, for your kindness, for listening, for loving me for who I am, for always just being there. How lucky am I that we met all those years ago at Crusaders and went on to enjoy 33 years of friendship? Very. Every time I hear a Madonna song, I will always think of you!
My happiest memories of you focus mainly on our trips to the Isle of Wight, as teenagers, and of course last year. We really got to know each other on our last trip there back in the 1990s, which cemented our friendship. My other memories focus on my trips to Seaford and Polegate, spending time with you, Audie and the kids. It's been a privilege to watch Ellie, Alex and Aidan grow up into such wonderful, funny and kind people. Your greatest legacy.
I miss you terribly, but I am so blessed to have had you in my life. Thank you for being my best friend.
All my love, always, your adoring friend Caroline xxx
Letticia Jacques
posted 04/09/2024
You were the best sister to me , you were the perfect fit to our family and we all loved you so dearly .
You truly will be missed by us all and we were blessed to call you family
RIP my lovely 💖💖
Lizzi Mills
posted 04/09/2024
You were such a good friend and it was always so lovely to catch up - even though it wasn’t always as often as we’d have liked. I’m so sorry to have lost you x
Sue Baxter and Pete Mountford
posted 13/09/2024
I remember holding you in my arms when you were six weeks old and it was my wedding day.
I watched you grow and become the loved and loving woman you were.
My favourite memory is taking you to see Wayne Sleep on stage in Norwich.
Pete has only known you a short time, too short. He enjoyed you so much. He wishes he had known you earlier but is very thankful to have met you.
We both have wonderful memories of those lunches and games together around our table.
Sandi
posted 14/09/2024
Thank you for being such a great friend, a good listener and a wonderful chatter.
I miss you 😔
Ellie
posted 20/09/2024
Mum, I’m not quite sure on how to start this so I will just write everything as it comes to mind here. I have journaled a lot in the last few weeks so a lot of it is already written and I know you’ve been hearing me when I’ve been speaking to you. I’ve been speaking to you a lot recently.
Firstly, I just want to say thank you and I love you. Thank you for being such an incredible role model to me and for raising me so well and with such love and kindness. You are such a beautiful soul. So strong and brave and inspiring. I will carry you with me in every single thing I do. I love the fact that you wanted to travel and you did travel lots in recent years. Whenever I travel, you are always with me. Instead of sending a text when I get to the airport and when I’m on the plane and when I’ve landed and updates on my holiday (which I miss a lot by the way), I’m carrying you with me and showing you it all too.
I’ll continue to travel and do crazy stuff and make you proud. (I’ve been updating you on all my crazy stuff recently!) You mean so much to me and I want to live in a way that makes you proud. Because I am so proud to call you my mum. No one will ever replace you. I couldn’t ask for a better mum.
I’m still getting a hold of my emotions and my grief about losing you. It is hard to come to terms with. It still feels like I’m trying to escape it a lot but I guess the first step to solving that is to acknowledge it. I think I’m getting there, but it’s a process right? I do want to say thank you though, because I can already feel how much stronger you have made me. Through this incredibly tough situation but also through proving how fucking brave and strong you are. I aspire to be as strong as you mum.
I am so grateful for all of the happy memories I have with you. I’m so glad I chose to come home lots over the last year and a half. I’m so glad we did lots as a family and I’m so glad I documented some of it with videos and photos too, so I can look back on those times. It makes me so happy to look back at them all. Knowing that you loved watching my Tenerife vlog so much feels so truly special to me and whenever I watch it, it is such a comfort.
It’s going to be difficult to remember all the special occasions and family birthdays now, you were the best at that! And you always managed to find the perfect gifts for everyone. It just proves how thoughtful and caring you are to those around you. I feel so honoured to be one of those people because you are a light to everyone you are around. You bring positivity and love and kindness.
Mum, you are and will forever be my best friend and I will carry you with me forever. You’ll be there for my wedding day. You’ll be there for all my crazy adventures. You’ll be there for new jobs and fresh starts and good times and bad times. Whenever I struggle at the moment, I think of you and what you might say to help me through it. You’ve helped me through so many tough times and I appreciate you more than anything. I remember more and more everyday that makes me smile and appreciate you even more. You’ve taken so much time and energy to care for me and for Aidan and Alex and dad too and we are all so grateful.
I love you mum. I can’t wait to celebrate how wonderful you are, not only on the 28th, but also throughout my life. You deserve to be celebrated everyday. I love you so much. I’ll talk to you soon.
Ellie x
Ivy Anne Baxter
posted 23/09/2024
To my daughter Georgina,
I miss you so much,my memories, well so many but the most recent times were when we came down to see you and your family and going out for afternoon tea on Eastbourne pier then after letting the others go on 2p machines while you and I sat on pier just catching up talking.
With all my love MUM xxx💞
Theresa Walker
posted 25/09/2024
Georgina… I have good memories of you from many years ago from coming over to your home and playing with Natasha. You are free of pain now and dancing with the angels xx
