I always remember when Aaron visited his nana and grandad's in chester. I would be so exited to see him. We would have Sunday dinner with the family, and Aaron was so well behaved. He often asked me to take him to the "red park", which is the play area behind nana and grandads.
We spent so much time laughing and running around. He never stopped. xxx
This photograph was taken in March 2009 when Aaron and his family were on a
day visit from their family home in Liverpool to his grandparents home in Chester.
At this stage of his life Aaron had become very proficient in the use of a laptop
computer and other electronic gadgets and it was rare to see him without one in his possession in his spare time off school.
The chair Aaron is sat in was beside a plug socket so every time he visited he
always sat in that chair and it became known as Aaron's chair. For somebody so
young he put his grandad to shame with his knowledge of how to use a computer
and could rapidly use the keyboard without even looking.
When Aaron was diagnosed with Leukemia almost two years after this photo was
taken, whenever he visited my home he still made his way to this chair to lie down
feeling very ill most of the time in total contrast to his condition in the photograph.
If anybody was sat in that chair when he arrived on a visit it was always made
vacant for Aaron. Now that he is no longer with us we will always refer to it as
"Aaron's chair" in his memory.
This photograph was taken in March 2009 when Aaron was 3 months short of
his 9th birthday. (The date on the photo is incorrect) He had come home from
a day at his school in Liverpool on a Friday evening and along with one of his
younger brothers, Ben, went to spend the weekend at his grandparents home
in Chester. The following morning we left Chester very early and had breakfast
in Llandudno in North Wales then spent the morning in amusement arcades
and on rides on the pier. This photo was taken in one of the arcades.
Later in the morning we set off and drove around the Snowdon mountain range
and as Aaron and Ben had never seen mountains close up before they were
fascinated with the scenery. We eventually arrived at Swallow Falls waterfall,
another place that they were thrilled to see then stopped in Betws-y-coed for
another meal and a look around the scenic local area.
After a long day of touring they had a McDonald's meal in Chester and were
both very tired but had a memorable day to look back on.
The next day (Sunday) Aaron and Ben were taken to a candle factory in the
Cheshire hills at Burwardsley where they were able to make their own candles
under expert instruction to take home to their mother Angela as presents. In
the restaurant which is high up on the hillside they were fascinated by the view
across Cheshire. From there they went to the ice cream farm near Tattenhall
to round up a very enjoyable weekend. For the rest of Aaron's life he always
let me know how much he enjoyed this particular weekend and he was always
a pleasure to take out anywhere. We had other days out together and I will
always regret never having him with us again for future trips.
