Dear Paul, I am deeply sorry for your loss. My deepest sympathy goes out to your family at this difficult time. My thoughts and prayers are with you all. May you rest peacefully. Love to all. Marta.

Please accept our condolences at this sad and difficult time as you mourn the loss of Paul. This is a place where you can add photos and memories if you wish and we do hope this page can provide some comfort. If you feel at any point that you would like some support our Helpline and LiveChat staff are on hand. National helpline: 0800 02 888 40 Live chat: www.childbereavementuk.org Email: support@childbereavementuk.org All the above services are open 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.

When Great Trees Fall – Maya Angelou Maya Angelou uses the metaphor of great trees to inspire powerful imagery, symbolising how death can have a monumental impact and leave its mark. The final stanza of the poem, written below, is particularly poignant, explaining how pain is replaced by an 'electric vibration'. This vibration reminds us that our loved ones are always connected to us, even when they are gone. And when great souls die, after a period peace blooms, slowly and always irregularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed