Brian never realised what an impact he had on Sam. So I guess in a way his legacy was also left behind in sam. They were so happy in their 'cocoon' as they called it. Now they will be in their cocoon together forever.

I MET BRI WHEN I MOVED IN TO SHERBOURNE CLOSE HE LIVED DOWNSTAIRS WITH HIS EX HEIDI,ME AND BRI ALWAYS GOT ON AND ALWAYS HAD A LITTLE THING FOR EACHOTHER,AFTER TIME I MOVED IN TO A NEW HOUSE DOWN THE ROAD AND BRI CAME DOWN AND PUT SOME BUILT IN SHELVES FOR ME,HE AND HIS EX HEIDI WERE GOING ON HOLIDAY AND ASKED IF I WANTED TO COME ALONG WITH THE KIDS SO THATS WHAT WE DID.


WE HAD A GREAT TIME,ME AND BRI WOULD GO OVER WITH THE KIDS IN THE EVENING AND HAD LONG CHATS ABOUT LIFE.HEIDI AND BRI WERE DUE TO BE MARRIED NOT LONG AFTER,IT WASNT SOMETHING HE WANTED TO DO BUT FOR THE SAKE OF THE KIDS HE WENT ALONG WITH IT,THEN HE FOUND OUT HEIDI WAS HAVING AN AFFAIR FOR AS LONG AS 5-6 YEARS WITH ONE OF HIS CLOSEST FRIENDS WHICH THEN INDEED FINISHED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HEIDI.


BRIANS MAIN CONCERN WAS TO KEEP CONTACT WITH HIS DAUGHTER BUT THAT PROVED TO BE HARDER THEN HE WANTED.ME AND BRIAN BECAME REALLY CLOSE IN THESE FEW WEEKS AND DECIDED TO START A RELATIONSHIP.IT PROVED TO BE THE BEST THING WE EVER DONE.WE HAD THE HAPPIEST 4 YEARS OF OUR LIVES,WE BOTH WANTED JUST TO BE LOVED AND RECIEVE IT AND THATS WHAT WE DID.BRIAN CAME TO SCOTLAND WHERE HE PROPOSED TO ME WHILE WE WERE OUT HAVING A MEAL WITH MY DAD,OF COURSE I ACCEPTED,HE HATED BEING AWAY FROM ME,SO WE SET A DATE FOR SEPTEMBER THE 9TH 2005,HE WAS SO EXCITED AS WERE ALL THE CHILDREN GETTING ALL THERE OUTFITS FOR THE WEDDING,AND BRIAN BEING BRIAN WANTED EVERYTHING PERFECT FOR ME AS LONG AS I WAS HAPPY HE WAS HAPPY.SADLEY ON 21ST AUGUST HE DIED AT HOME WITH US,BUT AS BRIAN ALWAYS SAID IF HE EVER DIED HE WANTED TO BE LAYING NEXT TO ME AND BE AT HOME,FOR ALL THE BAD ME AND BRIAN HAD IN OUR LIFES THE LAST 4 YEARS MADE UP FOR THAT,HE LOVED ME HE LOVED HIS CHILDREN,BUT MOST OF ALL HE LOVED LIFE.EVERYTHING BRI DONE WAS ALWAYS PERFECT BECAUSE THAT WAS HIM PERFECT.IL NEVER FORGET HIM AS LONG AS I LIVE,HE CHANGED MY LIFE IN A WAY I COULD NEVER TELL,THE THING I HOLD ON TO THE MOST IS HE DIED HAPPY AND IN LOVE.

I am writing this legacy to tell u a bit about Bri from the time i have known him.



I first met Bri when my sister Sam moved to Hove a few years ago,he was always making himself busy doing diy or making some sort of furniture!!
When he got with my sister i was a bit suprised to be honest!! not in a nasty way though!! I never thought anyone could calm down my sister!! But Bri did exactly that and i will always be grateful to Bri for that.He also showed the kids wat a real dad was meant to be and although they found the discipline hard sometimes it was exactly wat they needed!!



I know that Sam and Bri loved each other very much and i know that they were both looking forward to their wedding,i have never seen both of them so happy,it was all Sam ever talked about and it was great to see her so happy at last! Me and Sam used to go to bingo on Sundays and the topic of conversation was the wedding mostly,she was so excited about it,but nature was cruel and decided to take Bri 2 weeks before the big day.



I will never forget that fateful night when i got a phone call from my mum at 10.54pm(i remember the time exactly),mum was in a bit of a tiswas and was'nt quite making sense so i asked her to get off the phone and i would ring Sam,nothing could of prepared me for wat i heard when i did ring Sam,the piercing screams in the background made the hairs on my body stand on end and i knew at that point that i needed to get to my sister no matter wat,i was there within 10 minutes,not bad going considering that i live about 15 minute drive away,but when i had got there they had gone to the hospital so i made my way there. I went to the reception window to ask where Sam was and in the next instant i heard a scream that tore right through my body and i knew without looking that it was Sam,i knew at that point that Bri was gone,i stayed with Sam till about 2:30am and then made my way home still in shock.



Sam has coped pretty well so far  without her soulmate and she arranged the funeral for Bri that he wanted,dont get me wrong she found it tough but she knew she had to do it for her Bri,she also scattered his ashes at the place that he wanted to be and i'm proud of Sam for fulfilling that.



Bri was the most loving kind caring man that anyone could of known and its true to say that god only takes the good ones,although god did'nt time it very well!!! He never was any good at things like that was he!! Always takes the wrong ones!!



Anyway i hope u enjoy this site and please feel free to add anything that u would like as i'm sure Sam would be more than happy.



Chin up Big Sis ur doing so well and i'm proud of you,love ya loads.



The legacy left by Bri was love and compassion

Nicki (Bri's sis-in-law)