| Location | Brighton |
| Age | 2 years |
| Date of Birth | 7/2003 |
| Date of Death | 3/2006 |
| Visitors | 4,349 since 24/03/2007 |
| Creator |
Lola Helena Catherine Rice
Taken from us so suddenly on 22nd March 2006
Only 2years 8mths old.
Sister to Ava and Reya born 2/05/07
Lola was born 14th July 03. She was always a very happy,healthy and
gentle little girl who loved to sing and dance and loved her dummy. She always went to all the DIY
shops with her daddy on a saturday morning, she loved spending time with her Ganny & Gampa &
friends Harry and Charlie and she adored her big cousin Shaun more than anything!
She was always concerned for others and this made her wise beyond her years, she loved her little
sister Ava and it makes me so sad to think she died 2 weeks before Ava's 1st birthday. Her
favourite song was, "the Sugar Babes - Push the Button" and she loved swimming , painting
and just being with the family.
Lola woke one Saturday Morning 19th March 06 and was sick, she would not hold anything down and just
wanted to sleep. After speaking with the Dr it seemed lighlty that she had a stomach bug that would
pass over the next day or so. By Monday she was no better & the Dr came out to see her, again he
said "Stomach bug" she had no temperature or rash or anyother symptoms! She slept in our
bed that night & was very, very restless on the Tueaday morning her Daddy stayed off work &
we were all sitting in the lounge, Ava was crawling around and I had managed to get Lola to eat a
boiled egg. So we thought she was on the mend & my husband & I sat there as we often did
& looked at are 2 beautiful girls & said how lucky we were to have such a perfect little
family..... Then lola started to tremble & her eyes went glazed, I shouted to John (my husband)
saying this looks like a fit.. he just said we're going to A & E.Lola was a sleep in my
arms the whole way to Worthing A&E where she was seen straight away, they confirmed it was a
seizure but did not understand why.. they kept giving her medication to try & stop the seizures
but she was still fitting very gently but was not responding to any of us. I still thought at this
point its epilepsey or somthing similar. They finally took her to have a brain scan & as they
came out I looked up At the Dr who just said "We'll speak upstairs" I new then it was
somthing major but nothing, Nothing prepared me for the next sentence.... " Lola has a very
large brain tumor covering the right hand side of the brain". We broke down totally but I still
had to stay positive. We were rushed to "Kings College Hospital" in London were that Night
she had a bleed to the brain so it was emergency surgery. That night John & I got down on our
knees in the room we were given by the hospital and prayed to God so hard I can not express to you.
It was John's idea & he was always a total non believer so this must give you some idea of
how desperate we were. The next day was Wednesday and they gave her another brain scan & then we
new.... there was nothing else to do, her brain was gone & it was just the machines that were
keeping our precious girl alive. That evening with all her family around her she was given the last
rites & we turned off the machines. We brought her body home & laid her in her room. We lit
candels & put up pictures of her family & played music, it was comforting to still be near
her after all you don't leave your children with strangers when they are alive so we
didn't when she died.
She was burried on 29th March 2006 and has a beautiful Black Granite head stone with Pink lettering
& a picture of her on Christmas day.
She was my first child, my baby girl, my whole life.... we spent every day togeather and I can not
begin to describe the pain, sadness, anger and utter loss we feel on a day to day basis.
I have to believe she has gone to heaven and is safe with her Nanna and Granda who have also passed
away, but John can now not except that their is a GOD in this world at all. He lost the light of his
life & in his mind if there was a GOd she should have been saved!
Sadly Lola never got to see her new sister "Reya" , but I know she watches over her &
"Ava" too.
We later discovered that lola's tumor was called an "Ependymoblastoma" so rare that
it only effects 1 out of 1 million children.... Why us? We were so perfect our family had everything
, how quick your life can change...
We miss you angel every day, you are forever in our thoughts, and hearts. You keep that broken piece
of Mummy's heart with you untill we see each other again.
Loving you always and forever.
Mummy, Daddy , Ava & Reya xxxx
TO ALL THAT VISIT LOLA'S SITE : I thank you all for you messages & candels, friends, family
and especially strangers .... your support & kind words to me & My Beautiful daughter mean
so much I do not have the words to express to you my gratitude , I wish you all health, happiness
& peace. x
My Darling Lola
I'm thinking of you as I always do my angel and missing you so much. I don't know why you had to leave us but I do know that you are Happy with your Nana & Granda , stay close to them my Baby Girl they love you so much too.
You were such a good little girl , remember you'd want to go to 'Yoys R Us' so I'd take you there & I'd always say before we went into the shop that I wasn't going to buy you any toys today and you could have them for your birthday or christmas. You always said 'Okay Mummy' in your lovely excited way & you'd go into the shop & play with everything & when it was time to leave I'd get you some sweets & you'd walk out of that shop with no trouble at all. I was always so proud of you. Looking back the reason I was so strict about not buying you toys just for the sake of it was because I didn't want you to become spoiled! I regret this my darling ,you were such a good litttle girl you deserved the world.... and now i can't buy you anything... I presumed I'd have all the birthdays & christmas' to spoil you rotten!!!!!
Christmas has always been my favorite time of year & now I dread getting all the christmas cards , last year I got so fed up of reading ,'Dear Michlle, John & Ava ...... I didn't put any of them up in fact they went in the bin as quickly as they came. I always sign everthing Michelle , john & Girls beacuse that includes you. You are still the heart & soul of our family even though you are not here. Please always remember how proud of you I am & how VERY MUCH We Love you , you are the world to us & all that is in it , I give you my heart my Sweet angel forever & ever. xxxxxxxxxx Mummy xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx*******
Those we Love remain with us,
for Love itself lives on.
Cherished memories never fade,
because our loved one is gone.
Those we Love can never be,
more than a thought apart,
for as long as there’s a memory
they are forever in our heart
My love to you as always Michelle xxxxx
This heartache this sadness
this feeling of pain
to think I'll never hear your voice
or see your face again
The loneliness without you
is beyond belief
I can't come to terms with
this feeling called grief
Life must go on
I suppose it's true
but a day doesn't pass
without thinking of you
To treasure your memory
I must carry on
but nothing else matters
now that you've gone.
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Keep my memory alive
and know that I am still with you
When you really need me there
I will show you I'm there.
Like when you feel a gentle breeze
and there's no wind blowing
or at night while looking at the sky
there's one star really glowing.
I am telling you that I am there
and will be as long as you need me
seeing you throught the times when
the pain seems to be the hardest.
When you feel someone watching
and you are there all alone
you hear someone call your name
or that one special song.
It's just my way of telling you
that I am here with you my love
walking along beside you
and watching from above.
So keep my memory alive
and know I am still here with you
So no more tears need you cry
for my dear, I never really left you.
Have a lovely day Michelle my love to you xxxxxxxxxx
For you Michelle.XXX
MY PHOTO ALBUM
The photo album of my mind
Holds treasured thoughts of you,
And I can almost see again
The things we used to do.
I hear your voice; I see your smile;
I feel you close to me.
The photo album of my mind
Shows how we used to be.
Time may have changed us through the years.
But I will always find
You’re just as I remember in
The album of my mind.
And, as I turn page after page,
Such precious scenes I see.
The photo album of my mind
Is very dear to me.
It holds the pictures of our past
Like reels of film unwind.
I cherish all those photos in
The album of my mind.
HI BEAUTIFUL xx
Nothing is ever truly gone
like a puddle of water after the rain
It evaporates back into the clouds
and sometime later returns again.
Like the memory you'll forever hold
of your loved one that pasted on.
They are a part of your thoughts and heart
therefore they'll forever live on.
Yet as for now they are resting
for now they are at peace.
Say so long, never goodbye,
until once again in heaven you'll meet.
Love to you Michelle xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Dear Lola,
Even though I am far away I always think of you and the family.
I hope this tribute helps in a small way.
With all my love and Kisses
Chris
A poem for you
Heaven made an angel then sent her from above, just be your daughter and fill your world with love. All the joy you ever needed was captured in her smile, she filled your world with sunshine if only for a while. Although you thought that there would be a time that you had to part when heaven took your angel back and left a broken heart.xxxxxxx
Im so sorry
I am so sorry to hear of your sad loss of little lola, she looks like a little princess. i lost my little girl courtney she was 5 years old she died in a house fire that i had. nothing can or will ever replace our children but we can hang on to the memory's forever and nobody can ever take them away from us. love and peace to you and all your family. rest in peace little lola.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
My Darling Lola
Loved with a love beyond all Knowing,
Missed with a grief beyond all tears.
To the whole world you were just one.....
To us you were the whole world.... and still are
What can I say more than that????? so many questions no answer!!!!! Words fail me tonight my angel , I'm too sad , Please remember how Much I love you Darling forever & always xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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