Another tragic loss to this bloody disease my thoughts rae with her family at this sad sad time xxxx
Maz
RIP Peggy. My best wishes and thoughts to her family.
xxx Margaret
I am so sorry to hear about Peggy. My heart goes out to her young family.
So many young women dying just lately. So heartbreaking.
Rest in peace and pain free Peggy
Sue x
I am so very sorry to hear of the death of another lovely young woman from this frightful disease
Val
So sorry to hear this, my thoughts are with her family especially her children. RIP hun xxx
This is such sad news, my thoughts are with Peggy’s family and especially her children. She wanted so much to be there for them
Love Kathryn
I am so very sorry to hear this sad news. My sympathy to her loved ones.
So very sorry to hear this news. Thinking of all of Peggy’s family and friends. RIP Peggy xx
RIP Peggy. Sincerest condolences to your family, friends and loved ones.
Judy xxxx
I’m so sorry to hear this. My deepest condolences to Peggy’s sister and adorable children, and all their family and friends.
Rest in peace, Peggy.
xxx
I first met Peggy in 2002, and spent 9 months with her in Gambia. It was during that time when her eldest, Maroke, was born. When she was diagnosed, she returned to Belgium with her 2 little kids. She never gave up hope, and looked for the silver lining in every dark cloud. I travelled often to Belgium from the UK, and met the rest of family. Her youngest sister was her real soulmate, they were very close. Every day, on her way to work, she would call in at Peggy’s, and on her way home from work.
It was her who contacted me at the beginning of April, to tell me that they fear the worst. I immediately came over, and have been here ever since. It was heart breaking to see her detoriate, and we tried to make her last days as comfortable as possible. We took her out one sunny afternoon for ice cream and coke, and Easter Sunday to the fun fair so that she could see her kids enjoy themselves.
The hardest thing Peggy ever had to do, she told me, was to write individual letters to her family and kids for them to read when she has passed away.
During this whole time she never lost her sense of humour, no matter how much pain she was in. She even told me off for using too much salt! When I said that she must ask St Peter not to have any salt for when I get up there, she replied “huh, I’m gonna ask him not to let you in!”
Her funeral is on Friday, and she has selected the following for the service sometime ago:
Music:
Start - Sounds Of Silence (Simon & Garfunkel)
Middle - Happy Endings (Mika)
End - Always Look On the Bright Side Of Life (Monty Python)
Text:
“As I look back on my life
I find myself wondering …
Did I remember to thank you
For all that you’ve done for me?
For all the times you were by my side to help me celebrate my successes and accept my defeats?
Or for teaching me the value of hard work, good judgement, courage and honesty?
I wonder if I thanked you for the simplest things …
The laughter, smiles and quiet times we’ve shared?
If I’ve forgotten to express my gratitude for any of those things,
I am thanking you now
And I’m hoping that you’ve known all along how much you are loved and appreciated”
For the kids:
“I have only slipped away into the next room.
Whatever we were to each other, we are still.
Call me by the old familiar name.
Speak of me in the easy way which you always used. Put no difference into your tone.
Wear no forced air of solemnity or sorrow.
Laugh as we always laughed at the little jokes that we enjoyed together.
Play, smile, think of me.
Let my name be the household word that it always was.
Let it be spoken without an effort, without the ghost of a shadow upon it.
Life means all that it ever meant.
It is the same as it ever was.
There is absolute and unbroken continuity.
Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight?
I am only waiting for you, for an interval,
Somewhere very near … just around the corner.”
Peggy will be missed very much.
Thank you for sharing that. The words are truly beautiful and made me cry. I wish you and Peggy’s family well for Friday as you lay Peggy to rest.
Thank you for sharing it helps us to move on but also to remember the young woman behind the name.
Love Debsxxx
R.I.P. Peggy
Thanks for sharing - the words are beautiful - I will be thinking of you and her family on Friday. Sincere condolences.
DrJB
Thank you for letting us know when the funeral is, I was wondering, and also sharing the words and song choices with us. She must have had a great sense of humour from what you have said and from her choice of songs 
I hope there will be some happiness amongst the sad times on Friday and will be thinking of you all.
Nicky x
I am so sad to read this post and find another family devastated by this awful disease and more children left without their mother. I know Dippykate and Peggy were close and I hope that they are sharing something somewhere …
Two funerals for our lovely members in two days - it is just too much.
Love and thoughts to Peggy’s family and RIP Peggy…
Love
Heatherlou
I am so sorry to catch up with the forums and sadly read about Peggy. It is so tragic that another lovely lady has been taken by this crap disease.
Sincere condolences to Peggy’s family and friends, and I hope that she is now at peace.
Love
Dawn
xx
I think this is the sadest phase this site is going through, so many lovely, supportive and inspirational ladies being lost to this desease.
My condolences to Peggy’s family and friends.
Doctorjellybean, thank you for sharing the funeral information. I truly hope the family can draw strength from the text Peggy chose.
Just read your very moving words Doctor Jellybean and lovely poems. Peggy came on my thread entitled coping alone to share her experiences and I found her posts always wise and she came across as a vibrant lady. Will be thinking of you and her family and friends tomorrow. So very sad. Rest in peace Peggy.
yes thank you jellybean - will be thinking of her tomorrow,x