I can recall how Tony and his brothers visited my parents house in Southoe, Huntingdonshire in the late 1960’s. They used to camp in the back garden and Tony had a huge liking for my mums home-made coffee cake.

Southoe is a small rural village, even smaller back then in the late 1960’s. I was 8 or 9 years old and I took them for a walk aroundthe village. They suddenly all got very excited at a field containing cows. None of them had ever seen a real live cow before.

RIP……….. Tony 

This year, American Airlines and Stand Up To Cancer partnered to provide a very special, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for employees to add a loved one’s name to a plane in honor of those who are cancer survivors as well as those who lost their battle with cancer.  For a very small donation to SUTC, the name of the person they stand up for was added to an Airbus A231.  The plane is wrapped with a special SUTC design that includes the names submitted.

Tony's name is on the right side behind the wing on the black arrow.  You can see it in the Gallery.

Today he flew from DFW to SFO! 

This is so neat - enjoy your trips, my darling!  Maybe I will take a trip on the plane one day.

Thank you for this American Airlines, it means so much to so many people!
 


 

Today was such a sad day for me.  I finally had to accept that Tony's car had to go as it is 19 years old and needs a new engine.  Memories came flooding back, of course, and those memories started to run down my cheeks.  I was losing another little bit of Tony and he seemed to be getting further away from me.  I decided to donate the car to the Make a Wish Foundation and I know Tony would like to think the old car would help those brave children in some way - we met so many of them at M.D. Anderson in Houston.  They made it really easy and picked it up and I didn't even have to be there to see it go.