A tribute to a lovely young man who is dearly missed
On Saturday it will be Naseeb’s birthday, he would have been 27 years old. Here’s a poem which Balwant wrote recently, along with a few photos of daffodils in our garden taken by Kooj.
We hold you close
So close
We celebrate loving you
holding you
seeing you
touching you
hearing you
knowing you
You can spot them
a mile off
At this time of year
They light up the earth
Daffodils, like you lit up our lives
And remain shining
in all the spaces
we now turn in
We hold you close
So close
This poem was read out by Billie and Erin when the tree was planted in memory of Naseeb at Longford Park last year. It’s taken a while for this to be posted, thanks to Meghann for getting the words to us. It’s nice to have it now as a revisit to that day a year ago.
We thought of you with love today,
But that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday
And days before that, too.
We think of you in silence.
We often speak your name.
Now all we have is memories
And your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake
With which we’ll never part.
The sky has you in its keeping
We have you in our heart.
Hello everyone, it’s been a long time since anything was posted on this website. With Naseeb’s birthday coming up on Monday we thought you might like to see this photo. It’s of Naseeb crouching behind daffodils in our old front garden on his 3rd birthday. As you can see he had a keen eye for fashion even then.
The recent cold weather and snow has slowed down the flowering of daffodils in our garden – they’re the signature flowers for Naseeb’s birthday. So we’ve got a few bunches from a local shop. Love to all from Balwant and Kooj X x
The question of daffodils coming out was important for Naseeb very many years ago…
When Naseeb/’Chewie’ was young (as in ‘little’) people would ask him when his birthday was, he would reply “When the daffodils come out”. Ever since then we have had daffodils around on his birthday, which is coming up on 5th March. Not sure at all how we’ll feel on that day (bite nails…), but we got hold of some daffs and they are in a vase gradually opening up. If anybody else wants a moment to remember Naseeb you’ll have your own memories, but some of you might like to try a few daffs maybe… (…I know one or two are doing so). [originally posted on Facebook on 3rd March 2017 by Kooj, Naseeb’s dad]
[ps. image is daffodils photoshopped over Naseeb walking up the lengthy Spanish Steps in Rome 2015]
