| Location | Bradford |
| Age | 15 years |
| Date of Birth | 28/08/1992 |
| Date of Death | 22/07/2008 |
| Visitors | 2,275 since 24/07/2008 |
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A mother has paid tribute to her brave teenage son who has died after a third battle with cancer.
Luke Bottomley, 15, had been pondering how to celebrate his 16th birthday next month, but he died at
home.
The Telegraph & Argus reported how neighbours and relatives rallied round and raised enough money to
send him on holiday to Blackpool as a respite from his condition two years ago.
He returned from the break to face complicated surgery at St James’s Hospital in Leeds to remove a
tumour pressing down on his spine.
Despite the nature of his condition and ongoing fight with the disease, Luke was a “normal lad”
who enjoyed doing what any other teenager liked to do. His mother, Ann Prest, a mother of five,
said: “He liked mobile phones and motorbikes, and he liked going to the Manningham Ward Labour
Club to play pool.
“He was a normal, young lad who was into his clothes.
“He’d been planning a birthday party on August 28 but he couldn’t make up his mind where to
have it.
“In the end he couldn’t be bothered, he was that poorly.”
She said Luke coped admirably with cancer, having first being diagnosed with it at the age of five.
He was given the all-clear for two and a half years but the cancer came back twice.
Mrs Prest said: “He was a fighter. He’d have these operations and the next day he’d be running
around.”
But she said the last few months proved difficult for Luke.
She said: “He had been laid in bed at home and wasn’t able to get out. When we did take him out
we had to lift him from the bed into the car.” His holiday in October, 2006, was spent seeing the
illuminations along Blackpool seafront and at Donna’s Dream House, a special retreat for seriously
ill children in the town.
♥ TIME WILL EASE THE HURT ♥
♥ by Bruce B. Wilmer ♥
♥ The sadness of the present days ♥
♥ Is locked and set in time, ♥
♥ And meaning to the future ♥
♥ Is a slow and painful climb. ♥
♥ But all the feelings that are now ♥
♥ So vivid and so real ♥
♥ Can't hold their fresh intensity ♥
♥ As time begins to heal. ♥
♥ No wound so deep will ever go ♥
♥ Entirely away; ♥
♥ Yet every hurt becomes ♥
♥ A little less from day to day. ♥
♥ Nothing can erase the painful ♥
♥ Imprints on your mind; ♥
♥ But there are softer memories ♥
♥ That time will let you find. ♥
♥ Though your heart won't let the sadness ♥
♥ Simply slide away, ♥
♥ The echoes will diminish ♥
♥ Even though the memories stay. ♥
All My Love Anne xx
Happy Birthday Luke xxx
Hope you have a great party Luke with all your angel friends god bless love Anne xx
hiya luke its beth here just to let you wer still thinkin about you hope your ok up ther n enjoyin your time out of pain miss n love you loads xx
hi
I luke its mum here hope you are ok my love love and miss you lots it is snowing at home today we are all thinking of you all the time love you and miss you talk to you soon love mum rip my love
my loverly boy
hiya babe its me again your friend pauline well another yearthe first without you but just to let you know we think about you always. my little grandson leighton talks about you all the time if he see a star he say its our luke.i hope you are enjoying yourself with all your friends free from pain. so till next time i will say night night love you loads your friend paulinexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
forever friend
hiya luke just a few words to let you know you are never more then a thought away just wish i could put my arms around you and give you a great big hug but instead i will send a million kisses up to you above with all my love,your friend paulinexxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
my friend
hiya kid just to let you know i am still thinking about you and you lovery smile and the little cuddles you used to give me. so till next time love keep smiling your friend pauline xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
THE LIGHT
*•.(*•.♥ .•*).•* *•.
♥~ In The Light ~♥
A shadow of joy flickered; it is me.
I told you I wouldn't leave.
My spirit is with you.
My memories, my thoughts are
imbedded deep in your heart.
I still love you.
Do not for one moment think
that you have been abandoned.
I am in the Light.
In the corner,
in the hall,
the car,
the yard --
these are the places I stay with you.
My spirit rises every time you pray for me,
but my energy comes closer to you.
Love does not diminish,
it grows stronger.
I am the feather that finds you in the yard,
the dimmed light that grows brighter
in your mind,
I place our memories for you to see.
We lived in our special way,
a way that now has its focus changed.
I still crave your understanding and
long for the many words of prayer
and good fortune for my soul.
I am in the Light.
As you struggle to adjust without me,
I watch silently.
Sometimes I summon up all the strength
of my new world
to make you notice me.
Impressed by your grief,
I try to impress my love
deeper into your consciousness.
As you should,
I call out to the Heavens for help.
You should know that the fountain of youth
does exist.
My soul is now healthy.
Your love sends me new found energy.
I am adjusting to this new world.
I am with you and I am in the Light.
Please don't feel bad that you can't see me.
I am with you wherever you go.
I protect you,
just as you protected me so many times.
Talk to me and somehow I will
find a way to answer you.
Mother, father, son or daughter
it makes no difference.
Brother, sister, lover,
husband or wife, it makes no difference.
Whatever our connection-friend or even foe-
I see you with my new eyes.
I am learning to help wherever you are,
where ever I am needed.
This can be done because I am in the Light.
When you feel despair, reach out to me.
I will come.
Our love for you truly does
transcend from Heaven to Earth.
Finish your life with the enthusiasm and zest
that you had when we were together
in the physical sense.
You owe this to me, but more importantly,
you owe it to yourself.
Life continues for both of us.
I am with you because I love you
and I am in the Light.
*•.(*•.♥ .•*).•* *•.GOD BLESS LOVE ANNE X
YOUR SON
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God, I know you gave your precious Son
To give us life with You.
But I didn’t want my son to leave,
Cause he was precious too.
We all are precious in your eyes
And all to you return.
I know my son will not come back,
And I still have much to learn.
Our time on earth is for learning,
And when our lessons are through,
Our spirit chooses the time we leave,
And we come back to you.
My precious son is with you,
And there will be a day,
That I too will leave this earthly place,
And you will light my way.
I know your arms will be open,
And I will have a smile,
To see my God and precious son,
I will then become Your child.
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TO LUKE
There is a little corner
That I visit every day,
No-one knows I go there
Or how long that I stay.
In this little corner
I speak to you alone,
I think what it would be like
To have you here at home.
In the little corner
I hold you really tight,
I cuddle, kiss and squeeze you
You're such a lovely sight.
In my little corner
I tuck you up to sleep,
I sneak another cuddle
I have another weep.
Where is this little corner?
It's where we're never apart
Where I always have you with me;
It's the corner of my heart.
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