A Star

knox10
Jul 22, 2017
4 min read

100 Days ago Elizabeth Joy Knox became the star in our sky.

Yes 100 days have past. 100 days we have lived without our Princess Lizzy. 100 days ago was the day that Lizzy knew we would be ok to be without her.

Thursday the 13th of April at 3 pm our beautiful, loving and most excellent daughter, sister, god-daughter and friend, had had enough, as Lizzy would say, and after we said it was ok to go and find blue birds, peacefully Lizzy took her last breath.

David, Matthew, Cousin Kellie and I were blessed to be apart of this magical yet devastating time, a time we will never forget and cherish always.

The days leading up to the 13th were filled with love, laughter, balloons, caring times with friends, special treats cooked for the beloved staff on 4k and talking about everything Lizzy had achieved.

Who could have ever imagined that at birth, weighing the 4lb 11ozs our tiny little girl was, that she would have turned out to be a mighty influence on soooooo many people both young and old.

Remembering her first words, first steps, then running at Little Athletics, dancing at Leaps N Bounds, diving from the spring board at the pool Lizzy loved soooo much and spending time with us as a family are just some of the chats we were lucky enough to have with Lizzy.

But for me, as her mum, holding her hand her warm little hands and just being close to Liz are the forever moments I loved and miss soo terribly.

As Matthew , sooooo beautifully wrote the day Lizzy went heaven, "A lot of people tend to start these things with words can not describe, in this case it couldn't be more further from the truth." "For everyone who knew my amazing sister......." Describing Lizzy in this way was only the start. Lizzy has been remembered using adjectives that have brought smiles, tears, laughter and in the darkest times memories that help our very shattered hearts.

One thing we have felt as a family is the LOVE you have for Lizzy. The love you have for us and the cards, balloons, flowers, food, calls, texts and being there through this incredibly hard time is something we need to say THANK YOU for.

Thank you must also go out to Cousin Kellie, Lizzy's Beloved Godmother, MICKKKKKK and to Baby Jacob. You will always be our most cherished family. The happiness you gave Lizzy Kel, being her God mother, and every single week for 3 1/2 years, sending a copy of TV week will never be forgotten. The unconditional LOVE by the Hobart Knox's has shown what real families are made off. To our friends, THANK GOODNESS....... Thank goodness for your love, cuddles, time on the couch and just being here for us.

To Teena Hardinge and the staff at Finney Funeral Services, Thank you for the care you gave to Lizzy. Teena you gently led us through the hardest thing and let us send A Princess off in a celebration to fit her title.

To Father Mark Freeman and Lizzy's beautiful Church of Apostles. Mark you were amazing and to share the wonderful stories about Lizzy, her faith and "in her church" was as magical as the hundreds of balloons and Blanks that made a very colourful special day.

To the Dornauf Family at Stonesthrow for making Lizzy's reception warm and everlasting. Lizzy loved Stonesthrow.

Thank you to the many families that cooked for Lizzy's reception and then to "cheers Liz" with her solo was a touching moment to end a very sad day.

To the Management and staff at KFC. Lizzy's beloved KFC. For sooooo many of you to attend her celebration and to cook her chippes to share, we could hear her saying MY CHIPPES, was a special very special thing to do and will be talked about forever.

To the many businesses that came and showed just how much they loved Lizzy was truly a Launceston thing to do and showed everyone why Lizzy only liked your shops.

To our Amazing Doctors at both 4K LGH Launceston and The Royal Chidren's Hospital Melbourne. You all showed Lizzy respect and treated her with the best care ever. THANK YOU.

To the Nurses and staff on 4K. Our beautiful, caring, loving, funny, outstanding bunch of people who loved Lizzy and us........ Thank you for doing way above the "call of duty" To the ones who made Lizzy's favourite list (you know who you are) you will be forever welcome in our home and I hope you know how very special you are.

Finally To Lizzy.

Time changes nothing Liz. We still miss the sound of your voice, the wisdom in your advise, the stories of your life and just being in your presence.

So, NO, time changes nothing.

We miss you as much today as we did the day you died.

We just miss you Liz.

Your forever loving Daddy Dearest, Mummy and Big brother Matthew.

Love & Kisses.

This is our final blog x