Archive for January 4th, 2008

Ten years on

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Me with my Mum and Dad, in 1997 (I think)
Today is the 10th anniversary of the death of my father, Keith John Saunders. He died at 23:50 on Sunday 04 January 1998.
I can hardly believe that it’s been so long. Ten years.
Here’s something I wrote shortly after he died:
Where did he go? My faith […]

The day WW3 nearly kicked off

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Back in November 1983 I was looking forward to my 12th birthday.
It was a strange year, that was the year that Dad was hit with three brain haemorrhages, in early March, one after the other all within a week or two: bang! bang! … bang!
In August 1983 I’d begun High School. By November life had […]