Dearest Jazzie, my older and very patient sister! I have always been in awe of you from such a young age, with your natural elegance and beauty (inside and out).  When you were sitting on the beach, immaculate and with dry hair, I would be running around in a wet suit and you would lucky if I had brushed my hair. With your long brown beautifully permed hair, getting ready for nights out with the girls I would love to sit and listen to your stories and even drop you off in town whilst I was in my dressing gown.  You patientce was tested regularly when I ‘borrowed’ your clothes and often returned them not quite as how they should be! Despite you and Ross putting me in the bottom of the sleeping bag as you two sat in the top and glided down the stairs, I always felt your unconditional love.

The photo I have included is one of my favourites, when I got a camera with a timer on for my birthday we were keen to test it and put it at the top of the stairs on a chair and try to beat to the timer, needless to say we never did but how we cried with laughter.  There arent many people in this life that I can cry with laughter with, but you were one of them. This included the time when out for dinner for Dad’s birthday, I got my tongue caught in my train track braces and you could see me panicking. You took me to the toilet to untangle me and how we did laugh. The time I spent with you and Luke when he was young, will be some of the most precious memories I have.  The pure joy, delight and sparkle you had around him created such warmth and glow.  Your greatest love and achievement in your life time.  I know how you loved Poppy too. 

I will always be proud of your courage, tenacity and strong moral compass, even more so because I saw how this impacted you at times. When times were tough, there was never judgement and always an offer of support.  Often in later life when we would come together it would be over our love of food, and you often lost a bet with me that cost you a five guys!!! Since you died I have been overwhelmed by the emptiness where you used to be in my life.  This was often a reel on Instagram of a singing dog, something that contained Miffy or Hello Kitty or a GIF. Those daily acts of love and that said ‘I am thinking of you’ consistently will be missed until the end of time. There will not be a day that goes by that you wont be in my thoughts and I love you beyond measure. I know you will continue walk alongside me in life, guiding me, hugging me and poitning your finger when requried. Until we meet again my love, I know you will be waiting for me.