Belle Colchester-Hall had type 1 SMA and sadly died on 29/12/2008 aged 6 months and 3 weeks.
Belle's mummy and her big brother Oliver have kindly shared their poetic tributes to Belle and the family have also shared some pictures of their beautiful girl.
Poem by Belle's Mummy
One sunny June morning
She came into our lives
Without a scream or a cry
Just a whimper that brought tears to our eyes.
Our beautiful girl
At last she was here
All fingers and toes
Nothing now to fear
But nobody knows.......
There is only one thing I want to say to
My beautiful Belle, my sweetheart
I didn't know.............
Your beautiful smile that melted my heart
your croaky giggle that brightened my day
I didn't know.............
You brought sunshine into everyone's lives
without even knowing it my beautiful
Precious little girl,
They didn't know...............
We know each other so well even in this short time,
every look we give each other, every movement,
every touch...........Belle, my darling
I didn't know..........
Our morning kisses, our lunchtime hugs,
our cuddly sleeps, our everything,
My beautiful darling baby girl
I didn't know.............
Then that day came my darling Belle
The hospital visit.........
We knew my precious angel, we knew.........
Christmas has been and gone,
your presents lay under the tree, many a tree,
but you have taught us that none of this matters,
just your beautiful happy face,
huge blue eyes and foot long eyelashes,
being together my darling with the ones we love,
That's what we know, that's what we should all know.......
You have given the ones closest to you
their very own personal message,
Taught them each a lesson,
They thank you for that my beautiful baby girl,
Now they know................
Poem by Belle's big brother Oliver
This is a poem about my sister Belle
With a cheeky smile that goes a mile
Belle always made us laugh
The favourite time of our day was when she had a bath
She splashed around and giggled lots and left us all in fits
And everyone who knows her all love her to bits
She always loved her yoghurt
Her favourite was fromage frais
She fluttered her eyes and poked her tongue out
She always made our day
Belle's mum and dad who cared for her
With all the love in their heart
Along with me will miss her lots now that we're apart
But we don't need to worry as she's resting peacefully
My lovely baby sister is watching over me
Grampy stick is with her so I know that she's ok
And all our thoughts are with her
Today and everyday.
Pictures of Belle
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