Elizabeth
was not planned but once I told
her dad about carrying her
I knew that I would have her .
I had no trouble at all while carrying her.
no one know I was having a baby till I was
nearly 6 months. I worked up to the 8th of May.
and got married to Richard on the 10th. Elizabeth
was born on the 25th May 3 weeks early
and weighed 7lbs and 15oz I was told if I had
carried her full time she would have been over 9lbs.
she was born at 7.54am. My younger brother came
to see her and when he looked down at her in the cot
she opened her eyes and from that minute they
were very close. She walked at 9 months old and her
first words were Mark .she was a very happy
baby mind you she did not sleep much if I was lucky
she would have 20 minutes during the day and cat nap
at night. When she started school
she was happy to go but she was bullied, We moved down
to Colchester in 1997 just as she was
about to go to secondary school she was scared about
going to a new school where she would
know no-one. But she soon made many friends and her
teachers said she was a very happy child
and always did her best. She was at a friend's house
the day before she got her wings, she then
went to sleep over at another friend's and she
came home the next afternoon I had a strange
feeling that something might happen to Elizabeth
and I felt so happy when I saw her turn
into our road. she told me a bit about the sleep
over and went up to her room to listen to her
CD and asked if she could have a bath and would
I brush her hair before she went in which I
did I then went up to watch George on his N64 then
came down and watch the TV. George came
down and sat near me when he said Elizabeth was
calling for me I said no she not he said
she is I said I can't hear her but he insisted
that I go in, so I did at first I thought she was
playing when I saw her head under the water and
told her to stop playing then it hit me that
she was not, I tried to do mouth to mouth and
pulled the plug out and shouted for her dad he sent
for the next door neighbour and then we had to go up
to the hospital by cab as I was not allowed to travel with
her, when we got there they were still trying to save
her but I think I knew she had got her wings.
Although she was in the bath and it was full there
was not a drop of water on the floor. Her school
were so supportive and her friends turned up in numbers.
the head said those with parents could go up to
the cemetery but others had to go back to school they
said there was no- way they were not going to say goodbye to
her and
if they could not go in the mini bus they would go by
them themselves so they turned up in the mini bus and even
today they still think about her
