Stella Cartey

THANKYOU FOR ALL THAT LIGHT CANDLES ON MY NANS SITE AND MY DADS SITE ITS VERY MUCH APPRECIATED
SENDING LOTS OF LOVE FOR YOU AND YOUR ANGELS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX



Stella Cartey
Wife To [David]
Mum To [Chris], [David], [Sarah]
Nan To [Vicky] , [Lucy] , [Amy], [Ashley], [Me], [Aaron], [Georgia], [Killian], [Teagan-Skye],
[Romilly-Amber Stella].


Born 2nd September 1944
Went to heaven - 25th September 2007
aged 63.

my nan was the best nan in the whole wide world, so precious, so special the biggest heart of gold
going.
nan was just like dad, do anything for anyone.
nan used to be in hospital quite a bit but when she was in i would go up every single day after
school and on weekends, if it meant riding, walking, catching the bus i was there to see nan.
we was so close anyway, seeing as we only lived around the corner and when dad was in hospital for 4
months we lived with nan and grandad.
nan was such a happy person, and always made me smile.
she took us up the hospital every night to see dad whilst he was ill in hospital, and we'd visit him
to make him feel better in himself so he could improve, although i didnt think a year later my dad
would then be back with his mum and become an angel too.

i used to go up every day and see nan, and every day we went up we got chips and there was this
bottle of garlic sauce, i used to use like half a bottle a week and my nan would say to me 'corr gem
they know when your up here, because they have to order more of that sauce!' the women in the bed
opposite said if me and my brother carried on eating chips we would turn in to potatoes that made me
giggle.
nan would make me laugh all the time, and i loved being with her.
she was the kindest person and such a caring person doing things for people even if she was ill, she
wouldnt hurt a fly. although she was ill she done everything for us, helped us move house, sorted
out my school stuff and any problems i had, if a teacher has a problem nan would be straight on the
phone to them.
she made sure us 4 kids were sorted out before anything else being the considerate kind hearted
person she was.
always offering to do things for others, she made everyone laugh and always listened to my day at
school or things that i had been doing.
nothing will ever be the same, christmas was nans favourite time of the year, she used to loved
decorating her christmas tree from head to toe in red and white tinsell and covering with sparkly
balls, and to see our faces at the presents and not caring what we had brought her because she said
it was the thought that counted.
if i could have one wish i know exactly what it would be it would be for nan to be here with us all,
the old times, id give anything. its so horrible to know she wont ever walk through the door again,
never ring me up and say hello, or kiss me goodbye. noone could ever replace nan, she was like a mum
to me and now shes gone part of me is missing, its will never be the same.

Just when i thought things couldnt get much worse they do, we never get any luck.
the nurses were even thinking about letting my nan come home because she had improved so much.

I remember the day I got told she had gone to join the other beautiful angels in the sky.
i was at school, and i already had my bus ticket to go see her after school during the day everyone
was like 'gem you walking home?' and id be like 'no sorry im going to see my nan'
so it got to my last lesson and i had been drinking lots of fizzy drinks and was laughing lots, so i
got moved to the back of the classroom. when i saw a teacher walking past my class with my older
brother Ashley i didnt think anything of it, untill i got a knock at the door and got told to follow
her. not one part of me actually thought it was anything to do with nan, in fact i thought my dad
had become ill, so then we went to my twin brother aarons class to pick him up. and he said to me
'its nan' i can tell its nanny, i said dont be stupid al nans getting better.
we walked in to reception and my dad and alan (my dads best mate) were sitting there my dads eyes so
so red and i just thought for a moment, seriously whats going on.
my dad took ash in to the room at first and sat him down and told him and come to see me, and told
me. i didnt believe it, i didnt even think it was true.
i carried my phone by me for about 3 weeks hoping it was all a mistake and that nan would ring me up
and tell me she was all ok.
but there was nothing, part of me was gone and i knew i wouldnt ever get it back till i was with her
again.
i went to see nan and put in a letter i had wrote for her, and a little no1 nan plaque thing, as i
knew it would be the last time.

she has her special garden up the cemetry where we all put flowers and gifts for her.
its so pretty and by far one of the brightest at night with all those lights.
on christmas she has her tree and lights and looks so pretty.



R.I.P Nanny i love you,