Ok , on a serious note , this Wednesday I am going to a funeral. The victim was a work mate that I have known for 5 years .

Ricky, you are a ******* idiot leaving your beautiful wife,beautiful son and daughter aged 4 and 2 respectively. If I cry , its for your children who will live the rest of their lives without you and not having a loving father.

I cannot believe how I was ******* around with you on Wednesday night, and when going to work Thursday night they all told me that you were dead .

Jesus ******* Christ , why couldnt you wait for your wife to pick you up? If I didnt have my nephews birthday , I would've smacked your face and taken the car keys away. I would've even driven you home you fucken IDIOT. What were you trying to prove ?

Now everytime I walk by your machine I still cannnot believe that you will never come back . Its easy for you, because you dont feel pain anymore , you are so selfish by hurting the ones that love you so much.

I cry for your wife and children . We will all try to help your family and do whatever we can to ease the pain. But Ricky you were only 28 , I cannot undersatand why you needed to go so early ?

I will miss our end of year christmas parties with you .

Ricky , you worked hard and you played even harder.

I will try and look out for your children whenether I can . Your kids will have so many loving people from work , you know that . I might even teach your boy how to play football the proper way .

Ricky , I will see your bloodless body on Wednesday and say goodbye . I hope you and Mel will be united eternally , but she has a lot of things do to before she can join you.

Sad story , the thing is, he has past away since last Wednesday night . It hasnt sunk in yet for me . Like he was away for 3 nights at work, but you think that it was annual leave , and eventually I will accept that he is on holidays permanently .

Anybody else have a sad story to share ?

No , everything is a okay, its just like I know it hasnt sunk in yet . He was your typical Australian larrikkin , beer, horses and gambling.

There will be so many that will miss him, especially the wife and kids, but for me it just feels that he might come back next month after annual leave . But I Know for a fact he wont come back ever. I will miss the Christmas parties at Crown, and you will be able to relate that.

Life is Life ..

sorry to hear that. i guess you love this guy too. i wouldnt imagine how i would be if he were my friend! u want sad story to share? its a old story about my friend tho... read it here:

http://www.thailandfriends.com/index.php?op=modload&name=Journal&view=journal&juid=5423&jid=7284

sorry to hear the bad news.

but i think it might be better to share a positive story with u right now. sad story will not lift up heart up but will only drag u down. it's a very nice thing u wrote here, phil. and may ur friend rest in piece.

Thanks everyone for their comments, its well appreciated.

Went to the funeral today. A nice service . Seeing his wife and parents crying , I could not hold back the tears.

The after funeral get to together at his local pub, was actually quite enjoyable. People having a few drinks and laughing about some of the good times they all had with Ricky.

Ricky, R.I.P , you are forgiven but not forgotten.