It's incredibly difficult to write about her, and i cant possibly describe the kind of woman she was, she was the one so many people were dependant on.
She wasn't the normal grandmother. She was very healthy, she was very active, she was always about seeing different people, helping, as she always did. She never turned her back on anyone that needed her, and alot of people needed her. She was dedicated to her religion, she lived for god, and had substained a very high position in the local church as head reader.
The picture above shows her how i remember seeing her on sunday mornings, when i used to go to church at a young age. When i heard her reading, in her powerful speaking voice, which she really did have, i always felt immensely proud that she was my nan.



This is a cut out from a website.
My grandmother was partially blind, and had lived in a society, which at a young age that didnt really supply the basic needs to help people who were blind or disabled in her area.

She made sure she could change that.

1979 - Founder of the Welwyn Garden City club for the handicapped. (STILL RUNNING)

1979 - Founder of the Kestrel sports club for the disabled. (STILL RUNNING)

1980 - Awarded bachelor of the arts.

1980 - Founder of the talking newspaper (audio newspapers for the blind, STILL RUNNING)

1986 - Executive council member of the trustee society for the blind.

1990 - Official public reader diploma

1991 - 2003 - Member of the Royal National Institute for the Blind

1991 - 2003 Commitee member for:
International committee
F&HE advisory body
Governance review committe
Membership review committee
Welwyn Hatfield Co-ordiantion committee

1996 - Founder of the Welwyn Hatfield Access Group ( STILL RUNNING)

1997 - 2005 Govenor for the Royal National Institute for the blind's Sunshine School in Northwood and the Vocational College in Lougborough

As you can see, she did quite alot. But all these commitee's and clubs and groups that she founded, were all in aid of a better life for disabled people.
The amount of letters my family recieved about how she helped so many different people, is amazing.



''Rita put a huge amount into life, and it is clear that the local voluntary scene would not have been the same without her. She played a leading part in the Royal National Institute for the Blind for which we have cause to be profoundly greatful. She will be sorely m... ]]> ~ZombieFuric http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13790136/ http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13790136/ Thu, 19 Jul 2007 03:07:48 PDT
Anyone seen the new Harry Potter? I've seen it twice now and, mm.. got better second time round i think haha, but still, i was really disapointed, i expected it to be the best one, but i really think it was the worst one out of the lot, Goblet of Fire was the best one in my opinion : )

Anyways, im off to make some chicken poppers : )


'Heroes'

]]> ~ZombieFuric http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13660574/ http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13660574/ Sun, 08 Jul 2007 16:01:56 PDT It's nearly midnight and already i knowww i aint gonna be tired for ages...I hate it when that happen's, i'd love to just, sleeeep now, i gotta sort my sleeping pattern out.. once again.. i keep getting it back on track then ruining it again haha..

Ohhh got me an interview tomorrow, im well geared up for it, gonna be confident but not TOO confident, and argh, i just need a job so bad!
Theres so much i got planned!!
Like: The black crusade (a concert with trivium, arch enemy, dragonforce etc) with my friends kayley and howard..

THE KLAXONS with choni!
manchester, and a load of us are going to the beachhhhhh in bournmouth, i wanna go to the cinema coz good films are coming out! HARRY POTTER!! YES!! PLUS i want a TV, dvdsssss, new cam, stereo for my ipod etc!

AND ALL OF THIS i need money, so im gonna work so hard to get my interview perfect!


Woah though, klaxons are well good, anyone else like them? I used to think they would be just like all the other ''new rave'' or whatever the fuck everyones diggin now, but they really are something awesome!


But yeah...
OH and, i will see pendulum live one day! I WILL!

]]> ~ZombieFuric http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13529549/ http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13529549/ Thu, 28 Jun 2007 18:46:03 PDT Powerful lyrics.

''I danced on a Friday when the world turned black
It's hard to dance with the devil on your back,
They buried my body, they thought I was gone,
But I am the dance, and i still go on. ''


That says so much to me.
Anyone else got any lyrics/quotes or anything which are powerful/meaningful to them?

]]> ~ZombieFuric http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13468186/ http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13468186/ Sun, 24 Jun 2007 05:56:43 PDT I was just watching TV, a music channel, and there was a song with the lyrics

''That last kiss, i'll cherish, until we meet again. And time makes It harder,
I wish I could remember, but I keep your memory, you visit me in my sleep...

I think im going to go visit her today, even though she wont really be there, but in a way she willl. She didn't deserve to leave this early.

Anyways.

I love The Beatles. I never really listenened to them much before, but now im overlistening to them and i just, love them. Favourite song has to be ''Hello, Goodbye''


Anyways. Im gonna go now. I have places to go. byebye

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I think it's time for a journal update, even though i dont particularly want to, because my last journal is important to me, but i have to write over it at some point i guess. But y'know, here it is anyways.

Anyways, i just brought tickets to go see Alexisonfire! Yay! And it'll be 6 days away from my birthday when it comes (it's on the 13th November, ages away..) I really wanna go to more gigs.. Oooh theres an 8 pound Shiny Toy Guns gig on the 11th July... i kinda wanna go to that aswell haha...

Anyways, i got college sorted out, wahoo, im actually looking forward to it, i found out im gonna be in a class with one of my old school friends, how ideal is that! So yeah, it should be fun, even though i've never studied business in my life ..ever.. haha, shouldn't be too hard *shrug*

Alsooo, borrowed that film Schindlers List, so it'll be good to watch it, even though its a 3 hour long film, it should be good, apparently it is, my dad says its ''amazing'' haha.

Feel free to add me on Last.Fm >> Jonnee

]]> ~ZombieFuric http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13062794/ http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13062794/ Wed, 23 May 2007 12:26:36 PDT

Portobello Market, London, 1991

1991, i was only 2 so naturally i did not take this picture. The lady, a partially blind lady, at the front, deserves to have been knighted but she didn't help people for the rewards to benefit her, her reward was that she'd helped. She lived for everyone else, she cared for the ill, stayed with the disabled, did errands and chores for those who were and werent capable, even at the age of 75 she was constantly running around for people. She was the founder of a popular club called Kestral, giving the disabled a chance to play sports, she lived for the church, and was a head reader and respected leader of authority at the church of st. francis. So many people have been sending letters about how she's helped them in there lives. Many people say how she spent time with them when they had lost a loved one, and that her words had helped them come to terms with it.
This picture shows perfectly what she was like. This is her as i remember seeing her when i saw her walking in the streets, obviously this was whilst she was on holiday. But she would have her stick, and a smile on her face, walking quickly around, always smiling because she'd done something for someone. In return she gained the respect of hundreds, hundreds upon hunderds.
She was invited, along with others, to the Queen's palace every year, for her outstanding work with the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
One woman who dedicated her life for anyone who needed her. And for the whole of her life, she was needed.
She didnt have a bad bone in her body, and i genuinly mean that.
This woman was an inspiration to many. And definatly my hero.
I can never explain in full how much she helped people, i could write a book, i honestly could.
But she's in the sky now.
And i love her forever, my nannn

]]> ~ZombieFuric http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13017007/ http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/13017007/ Sat, 19 May 2007 18:49:10 PDT


I think im going to be up all night, can't sleep.
I hate how theres nothing ever on TV past midnight, just a load of boring tv quiz stuff, and repeats of shows youve never been interested in.



Meh, i dunoooo, im sure something good will pop on TV soon *shrug*

]]> ~ZombieFuric http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/12949392/ http://ZombieFuric.deviantart.com/journal/12949392/ Mon, 14 May 2007 06:12:47 PDT