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Lillian Groves - attached to my heart

Lillian Groves 2 Lillian had just turned 14 years old when her life was taken away and our world had been turned upside down.

She was a beautiful young lady that was just beginning to blossom and bloom, full of energy and life, a real treasure. She had the most beautiful smile something which we miss terribly and a fantastic sense of humour packed with giggles and laughter.

Her lovingness and just her presence of being in the same room bought happiness and pleasure something she will always be remembered for.

Her life was cut short by a speeding driver doing 43mph in a 30mph zone with drugs in his system, who received a low 8 months' prison sentence for the charge of 'death by careless driving' and was told by the judge he would serve just four. Because there is no offence available to the courts of driving with illegal drugs in your system he faced no penalty for smoking cannabis on the day of the crash.

Our whole family life has been shattered and torn by what this one individual has done.

Lillian is loved and missed by so many it breaks our hearts.

The poem that I’d like to dedicate to Lillian is “The Cord”

We are connected,
My child and I,
By an invisible cord,
Not seen by the eye.

It's not like the cord
That connects us 'til birth
This cord can't be seen
By any on earth.

This cord does its work
Right from the start.
It binds us together
Attached to my heart.

I know that it's there
Though no one can see
The invisible cord
From my child to me.

The strength of this cord
Man could create
It withstands the test
Can hold any weight.

And though you are gone,
Though you're not here with me,
The cord is still there
But no one can see.

It pulls at my heart
I am bruised…. I am sore,
But this cord is my lifeline
As never before.

I am thankful that God
Connects us this way
A mother and child
Death can't take away!