In Memory

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Today I found myself thinking of an old friend of mine, with whom I lost touch with many years ago, and more recently discovered, through a conversation with a mutual squad mate, that Alun had passed away. 

Every now and then I think of Alun and the fun times we shared together and with our group of friends. Our training as squad mates in the City of Cardiff Swimming Club, the summer days spent at Southerndown Beach, and the crazy bike rides we'd go on every day during the summer holidays before our 2 hour training sessions at the National Sports Centre and Empire pool formed a bond unlike anything I've experienced, or ever will.

I miss him and often wonder what his life would have been like if it hadn't gone all so wrong for him, and that I had been a better friend and not lost touch. Alun's home life wasn't a bed of roses, primarily due to his father, and ultimately it would be those formative years in his life that would be the cause of his untimely death.

So, this is dedicated to those whom we have loved and have since passed over to a better place, be they family, friends and even those beloved pets who became our closest companions.

Let this be a positive meditation in memory of them, recalling everything positive, everything happy and, if you are of the mindset that has a belief in the afterlife, to that day when we shall all meet again.