Nick David Sampford

Nick Sampford

My dad died on 24th April 2006. After being ill for a while and spending some time in hospital Feb 2006.

He was only 44 when he was sadly taken away from us. And would have been 45 on 23rd October

He was a carpenter, and worked for AMS. However he enjoyed bird watching, butterflying and photography.

He was a very loved man and had many many friends. He was husband to my mum Angela (39) Dad to me, Kirsty (17) Katie (20) Emma (19) and Tom (13). He was grandad to Ellie (2). He was very close to his sister Julie, his brother-in-lawe Shaun and his nephews Wesley and Ashley.

He had many friends, as he was such a bubbly person that it was hard not to like him!

He enjoyed bird watching, butterflying and photography. Every spare chance he had he would be out and about. He planned to make a butterfly book but never actually got round to it. He wrote articles for a magazine called Wildlife and Countryside.

He also was a family man, he cared about his family alot and would always make time for them. It was always such a laugh being around him. I miss all of the things that we used to do together. Like on the way home from school we used to shout at random people out of the window. All of the games we used to play on the way home from school, arguing over who could sit in the front and what CD we would have on. Playing 'row your boat' with ellie, which she loved!

This Christmas will be very hard with out him, as he made christmas what it is! Putting up the tree on December 1st! Round the wrong way, the xmas light game! Im not sure what he'd say about it being November 26th today and me and Tom not having played the xmas light game at all!! He made Christmas so fun, he made it what it was! This xmas will not be the same and nor will it be ever again. Things that he'd do and my mum would moan will be missed, like getting the dog on the table and putting his fingers in the custard.

There are so many memories that I have of our family. You were taken from us way too early. Life will never ever be the same without you for any of us. It has been 7 months but it doesnt seem like that! It still doesnt seem real. It seems like you have gone away. I still cant believe that you have gone and wont ever be coming back.

what does my dad mean to me?
my dad is one of the most amazing people you would ever meet, (apart from my mum). he was always stressy and would wind me up until i couldnt stand him anymore, but if he didnt do this then he wouldnt have been my daddy! i cant believe that he is no longer here, it hasnt sunk in yet,

i dont believe that i will never hear him say, wheres my controls and i say i dont know and him saying right thats it dont watch my telly anymore! i will never hear his famous mutly laugh.

i will never hear him ask me if i want to go out birding or butterflying even though he always knew the answer.

i will never get them texts from him saying "boo" or "guess who".

i cant believe that i will not have anyone to get a fathers day card for anymore.

i cant believe that he will not be here to see what i achieve in life.

i cant believe he missed K-9 and the cybermen in doctor who.

i cant believe that he missed west ham in the cup final.

i cant believe that i now have no one to text to say can my friends sleep, when i know my mum will say no!

i have no one to look for signed photos on ebay with,

i have no one to argue with.

i have no one to sing all stupid songs with!

i have no one to type up articles for. i

have no one to say they will make me cds and not!

i have no one to tell me my clothes are horrible (he had no dress sense!!)

i have no one to help me with my school work and take the mick out of me when i practice my language orals.

i have no one to moan when i watch charmed and all of the soaps.

i have no one to turn the telly over in the middle of a good programme.

i have no one to ask me to look out for butterflies and i have no one to tell that i have seen a wierd yellow one!!

i have no one to moan that my cookings awful, because i dont put salt in anything.

i have no one to run me around.

i have no one to take me on days out to see birds when we were only meant to be half an hour.

i have no one waving at me embarrisingly after school when i get to the car.

I have no one to go into the wierd aquarium place to buy some wormy things for.

i have no one to embarres me at parties and when people are round.

so as you can see he meant so much to me as he did anyone that he met!
he was amazing! i just wish that i could have him back but i know that this wont happen but for now i have my mum, my sisters, my brother and ellie and they are the best family ever. I couldnt ask for anything more. They mean the world to me and none of us could have got through the last few months with out each other.

If i could just have a minute with him, I'd tell him how much me and everyone else loves him and misses him, I'd tell him that we will always remember him and how amazing he was, how we will never ever let anyone forget him (not that anyone would). I would also tell him that I'm sorry for all the times we argued for all of the times i was horrible.