I have received the following email:

Hi,

I am Graham Hall Michelle Kirmans father. I would like to pass on my sincere thanks to all of your members who have placed messages in her memory. Michelle was special to all of us and as your members will know dogs played a big part in her life. Iam sure that you will all have your own individual memories of Michelle and I know she touch a lot of peoples heart's. She had a passion for life and her strength was amazing and I am sure that she will look down on all of you and your dogs.

Once again

Thankyou

Graham Hall

That is a lovely message :)

Thanks for sharing that lovely message with us X

Thank you for passing that on, Admin. :) I hope her family has had a little comfort knowing how much Michelle was loved by 'strangers'.

Again, thank you Admin - I know that this is supposed to be a Dog forum :rolleyes: - but twe who come on here have formed a bond tht goes beyond dogs.

I do hope that it has helped Michelle's family, knowing in what hight esteem we held their beloved girl.

Margot

Thank you for taking the time to post this message. Michelle will be missed by so  many :)

Thanks Admin, that message means a lot!

That is so lovely. What a fantastic family Michelle has, so incredibley brave and strong just like herself.

What a lovely message and so kind of Michelle's father to take the time to send one.

Thank you Admin for passing this on.

Thank you Admin. How lovely of Michelle's family to take time out like this.

Thanks to Admin for posting this :)

For Mr Hall and all of Michelle's family, your bravery, courage and thoughtfulness have shone throughout this tragic period and I hope you have found some comfort from the knowledge that Michelle was very much cared for by so many.

May God bless you all and bring you peace in heart and mind.

Teri x

Lovely post Teri. Sums up what everyone must feel.

What a nice message. Thank you Mr Hall. What a lovely and brave family Michelle had.

Can someone tell me when Michelle died?   I caught a message that appeared to be some time after the even.

I know she had been diagnosed with Cancer and was bravely fighting it.

I hope that in the end she had peace, and was able to go th way she would wish.

Barbara

Sadly Michelle lost her fight for life on February 8th - and Liberty lost hers on Monday of this week :(

Margot

Oh my Lord :( :( :(

A lovely message.  He must be grieving so :(

So kind to post this message,like everyone else,I desperately hoped all was going to be ok.
JW said that she used to do the race for life,I did it last year,so if your thinking about doing it,it would be a great way to honour JW.

Thanks admin for posting the message, we will all be thinking of her family on Friday .

We will be thinking of Michelle & her family on Friday.
Margaret & Barry x

I hope people will be thinking of Michelle tomorrow at 9.40am :)

I will be there in person and hopefully will be smiling as I hope you all will be :)

Lucy
xx

Yep, will be tree pruning and will look up into the sky and say my own goodbye to Michelle :)
I wish I could be there to say goodbye but know you will let Richard know we are all there in spirit.
Lea :)

Oh yes Lucy, I will be thinking of Michelle, husband Richard, her Father and all who love her,  infact haven't thought about much else recently............Big smile to the sky tomorrow morning from Preston, Lancashire. Stay strong hun. xx

Hayley x

Hello Lucy,

I will be thinking of Michelle and all those who knew/loved her, as Hayley has said also, I too haven't thought about much else all week :(

Will you be going on your own or are any other CD'ers meeting up with you?

Denise

Hi It is just me and Mike I think as Liv (HG) is otherwise engaged :)

I think as well it is a tad early so has perhaps been a problem for alot of people :)

Anyway we will be setting off at 5am tomorrow but look forward to it in a bizarre sort of way I just want to be there to say goodbye as wasn't able to do it when Michelle was alive :)

All that I will say is a big thank you to all Michelle's CD Angels ;)

She will be smiling where ever she is :D

Lucy
xx

Lucy would you be so kind as to represent us all?  I'm sure I am not the only one who would love (in a strange sort of way) to be there to pay my respects in person.  I am very grateful that you are going to such lengths to be there and thank you for that.

Of course I will :)

You're our CD star Lucy :)

Michelle is very much in thoughts and prayers here and I'll be smiling through tears tomorrow for her, Richard and all of her nearest and dearest.

Luv Teri x

I was thinking the very same thing jackyjat :)  I'm sure that there are quite a few people who'd like to have gone but can't,

Lucy would you be so kind as to represent us all?
Ditto, if I hadnt been working I would have gone to say goodbye to one strong lady :)
Now, seeing as we are michelles CD angels, and black is not to be worn,
I think Michelle would love Lucy to wear an angels outfit, complete with halo, with C D printed on it :D :D :D :D
Lea :)

It will be an honour :)

I think you will make the best representive we could possibly have sent.  I'm sure many of us will be casting our thoughts along with you tomorrow.

Now, seeing as we are michelles CD angels, and black is not to be worn,
I think Michelle would love Lucy to wear an angels outfit, complete with halo, with C D printed on it

:D :D

The only halo I would ever be allowed to wear ;) :D

Michelle had a wicked sense of humour and remember us talking through when she had to go and get her wigs fitted with the hair loss because of her Chemo :) She made a joke about it rather than worrying about it. That is what she was like ;)

I'm too far away to go but I'll stop, hug my dog and have a Thorntons for her.

She will love that and we have loads of Michelles favourite sweets at the party tomorrow

What a lovely idea! Sounds like it realy will be a true celebration of Michelles life.

Just wondered if anyone wanted to check whether their candles were still burning.  I've just redone mine and CD group was down to 10.  Link for anyone who wants it http://www.gratefulness.org/candles/candles.cfm?l=eng

I'll be thinking of you all as I stand behind the reception desk.

I'll be thinking of Michelle tomorrow in the office :) :) I hope that the sun will be shining tomorrow, as it shines right on me at my desk and it will remind me of her bright personality :)

Daisy

Will be thinking of Michelle too in the morning, and I like most of us have though about little else this week apart from Michelle and Libs......
Two shining stars.......
I hope it all goes well Lucy and that you have a safe journey........

Gabrielle xxxx

I'll be there in spirit....... :)

ill be thinking of her :) shes a cool cdyer how can we forget her :)

I will be there in spirit too, thank you Lucy in anticipation for being a representative, I came on in the vain hope that would be the case and there it was!
Karen :-)

Thanks Lucy :)

I will be thinking of Michelle and her Family at 9.40 in the morning.

Have a safe journey X

Will be smiling for Michelle tomorrow morning.

Love to her family and of course to you Lucy.

Linsxxx

Thank you again Lucy for representing all of us that are unable to make it.

I too will be smile at the sun thinking of her with a tear in my eye this morning.

xxx Michelle - sleep well, brave until the end xxx

XX sleep well Michelle XX

You will be sorely missed XXX

Thank you Lucy for representing us all.

I'm posting this again, for those of us who are thinking of Michelle at this time :-

am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength. I stand and watch her until at length she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, "There, she is gone."

"Gone where?"

Gone from my sight. That is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side, and she is just as able to bear her load of living freight to her destined port. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, "There, she is gone!" there are other eyes watching her coming, and there are other voices ready to take up the glad shout, "Here she comes!" And that is dying.

- Henry van Dyke (1852 - 1933) American author, educator, and clergyman

Margot xxxx

Thanks for posting Grahams message, what a wonderful family Michelle had and so comforting to know how much our thoughts and prayers have meant to all her loved ones.

I haven't been on here for a long long time and am so so sad to hear that Michelle has left us.

I remember my time on here chatting with her and reading her posts which always made me smile.

**sleep tight**

Hayley.xx