BlueWolf 51California Wolf Pack's blog: "Blue Wolf's Poetry,Motivational messages"

created on 01/19/2007 | http://fubar.com/blue-wolf-s-poetry-motivational-messages/b46392

posted on 09/16/2007&nbs-07:00;@&nbs-07:00;11:09&nbs-07:00;pm

10 years on
http://fubar.com/10-years-on/b46392-526274

10 years on P?dc=4675542797381167940

I never thought I'd actually be writing something on this subject, mainly because, for many years, sight of the princess on the TV had me grabbing for the sick bucket. As a teenager, sight of this shy and pretty young woman was something to behold for me. I'd say I had a teenage crush on her. I took an interest in the so called fairy tale that occurred in 1981. With my vivid and morbid imagination, I often wondered what would happen if something were to go wrong.... maybe the day would not go smoothly... perhaps she would get cold feet at the last moment. Seems my thoughts then were not too far from the truth. Strangely, I didn't think she looked at as attractive on her wedding day, nor did I think so for a long time afterwards. The constant press coverage of what seemed to me, the mundane existence of 2 human beings in the following years just became extremely annoying. Diana was, like all of us, imperfect and I guess I found her manipulation of the press irritating. The annoying press coverage just got worse after the marriage split. The sight of her doe eyes on the Martin Bashir interview (I didn't watch it, but couldn't miss highlights on the news) had me grumbling yet again. I can remember a week or 2 before she died, playing with the band at a bandstand in Hythe and my good friend Alan making a cynical and somewhat satirical remark "I don't believe it! Look over there. It's Dodi and Di." (Just coz the sun was shining). We mocked the events mercilessly as distracting piffle. The night of that incident, I came in from the pub (as usual) to discover that Craig (who was just 5 years old then) was unwell and was in my side of the bed with Christine. Subsequently, I was demoted to his bed for the night. I remember slowly coming awake on the Sunday morning pretty early, half hearing the kids downstairs watching TV and Christine getting up (around 6.30am). Suddenly, I became aware of Christine saying something about the car Crash and death of Diana and Dodi. Immediately, I got up. The kids complained that kids TV progs were not on and this is what Christine had gone down to investigate. Had I have chosen to put the TV on the previous evening before going to bed, I have no doubt that I would never have gone to bed that night with such unprecedented news that broke through the night. I guess the full impact of what had happened only really hit me when one of my colleagues asked the boss where I worked at that time what they planned to do on that day of the funeral. Now this company was pretty draconian when it came to making money and working us hard. My jaw hit the floor when we were told that we were going to close midday. I guess you may find that no surprise, but believe me, this was unprecedented for that firm. I couldn't help but get caught up in the emotion of that day despite trying to reject the thought. After all, I had never met Diana and knew nothing about her as the real person. It felt wrong for me to grieve over someone I didn't really know or had never met. In the following years, I suffered bouts of stress and depression for completely unrelated reasons. As many of you know who have read my blog, those reasons for breakdown related to close family events. Looking back, I guess I had very mixed feelings about Diana. I was annoyed and irritated by the public image, but I feel certain that I had had the opportunity to meet her, I'm sure I would have formed a different point of view. I sense she would have understood the pain and stress I experienced and would have really cared about it. I've just finished watching a prog on UKTV History channel partially dramatized about the events of that night. Conspiracy theories interest me. The one surrounding Diana... well.... I'm not entirely convinced either way, but I'm certain that some of the truth that happened that day has been kept from us and will likely not be revealed for around 100 years or more, long after we have all passed on. Watching Prince Harry in his speech at the memorial service today on TV really caught me on an emotional level. There was clear and absolute proof of what a great and loving mother she was and further proof of the lessons we have learned and still need to be reminded of that love is something we all need in our lives. I guess for me, that is her lasting legacy and I believe we'd all do well to remember that in the midst of continuing world conflict and terrorism. We would just like everybody to remember our beautiful Princess, the one and only English Rose that will ever be, Diana Princess of Wales, Queen of Hearts, The People's Princess. Exactly 10 years ago on Friday 31st August 1997, she was tragically taken away from us in a car accident in Paris Here are some video clips, please watch, and remember this beautiful woman, thank you you may need some tissues Elton John says it all in this video taken at her funeral ... 10 years on, she is still missed greatly, this has been put together for her ... Has a bit of a tribute to her, please join in with us by using 1 of her pics as your default for the day. If you want some photos, click on the 1 below to take you to an album with some of her pics in, choose what you like and rip away .... Diana you are always in our thoughts, no one can replace you. All the wonderful things you did for the world was just amazing, no one touched our hearts the way you did.....