Oldie for FFFFriday

Good morning all and thank you for visiting. I really treasure and appreciate you taking the time out to pop in.
Yesterday was very emotional and if you feel like scrolling down to the bottom of this post I have made a little dedication to my friend
Today's Oldie, inspired by Erika's blog here follows on from Thursday's post and from my very first post here 

I've upgraded it and used a couple of dies. I quite like it and still use the layout but the top Becca Feakin die cut is placed the same way as the topper. In other words swapped the layers. I've also used the deckle edge dies which were my "go to" dies for labels

Julie

I met Julie in 2009. She was student nurse at the time and was one of the many fantastic carers that looked after Gary when he became extremely ill. She is one of those people that could read everyone's mood and knew exactly how to treat it. She'd have us all laughing but also when it was needed she'd be there with the tenderness and sympathy. Part of her job was to give daily heparin injections. She hated doing them (as a student) and poor Gary never complained, and as he'd lost so much weight, were awkward to do, very painful and they used to bruise. She told us later that she always thought of Gary when she had to inject other patients and say to herself stop being a baby and "suck it". She adamantly believes that one night (about 2am) when she was studying, she was on the verge of giving it all up, Gary visited her and told her that she was the best and to carry on. Her last job was as a staff nurse in an intensive care unit. We'd meet for coffee a couple of times a year and she always knew the right thing to say. Along with her two children, she was a member of Team Gary and took part in the Harefield Hospital Fun Runs, helping us to raise funds in Gary's memory. She did them wearing flip flops! Seemingly she wore them a lot as mentioned at her service yesterday. As well as being very emotional, her service also shared laughter which is what she'd have wanted. She'd be so proud of her family. the music they played described her wonderfully, I Will Survive, The Only way is Up, Let Me Entertain You were just a few. They also played Angels and they/we sent her off with Dancing Queen. Julie described Gary as her hero. She was certainly our hero. Bless you Julie and I expect you and Gary are having the biggest party ever

Julie

OH and Julie sharing a joke