Piping Hot Reflections

28/07/2025

A golden bell bows in sorrow’s mist 🌫️
Bent by memories I can’t resist
Loneliness hums in the evening air
Echoes of voices that are no longer there
Each day, the sun sets with a sigh
Reminding me that all must die 🌅
To outlive love is a heavy fate
Each heartbeat echoes, “It’s too late”
Yet gentle petals refuse to fall
Still holding on, despite it all 🌼
The world feels hollow, colors fade
When love and joy begin to trade
But hope endures in silent ways
Promising gentler, softer days
I hold your love, though you are gone
It’s how I find the strength to carry on 💛

— The Love I Lost

27/07/2025

Still time to donate folks Paul’s walk is now 20th August any support would be greatly appreciated. 🚶🏻🗻🌺

27/07/2025

On Tuesday 22nd July at Falkirk Crematorium we came together to celebrate the life of a wonderful lady Inez Walker Taylor Bryce, the straight talker, the wild child who danced to the beat of her own drum, the formidable woman who was a straight talker, a spade was a spade she said it how she saw it. Firstly and most importantly the mother who loved fiercely, the grandmother and great grandmother who lit up the lives of her family.

Inez Walker Taylor Bryce was a one-of-a-kind woman, and while we mourn her leaving us her spirit will forever remain within our hearts. I am sure many memories of Inez will have been stirred for anyone listening and everyone who was present. You will all have your own personal and unique way of remembering her and how she touched your life.

Thank you to Stuart( known to myself as Bertie) & Judith and all the family for allowing me the great honour and privilege of conducting the service for this remarkable lady in her memory, I am truly humbled.

Inez was one of life’s true characters, she will be sorely missed. She is now reunited with her beloved Bob.

My final thanks are to Duncan and all at Cowan Funeral Directors and all the staff at Falkirk Crematorium.

26/07/2025

There is
no silence louder
than the absence of a
voice I used to
hear everyday

The world
seems to have shifted,
leaving a void that echos
with memories and unspoken
words

In the quiet moments
I find myself straining
to hear your laughter,
your stories, and the
comforting sound of your
presence

It’s as if the
air itself mourns the loss,
heavy with the weight of love unexpressed and dreams
unrealized

Yet in the midst
of the silence I am
reminded of the moments
we shared, the lessons you taught,
and the indelible mark you’ve left on my heart

While I miss you dearly,
I find comfort in knowing
that your spirit lives on in
the laughter of those you touched
and in the love that continues to grow in your memory

I miss you

Until we meet again …

Helen Lapierre
Hello to Heaven

19/07/2025

19/07/2025

Paul is the FIRST AFGHAN WAR BLINDED VETERAN to Climb Ben Nevis. What an achievement this will be 👏🏻🌺

AFGHAN BLINDED VETERAN PAUL JACOBS GM UPDATE

ASA Scotland Ambassador Afghanistan Blinded Veteran Paul Jacobs GM will climb Ben Nevis on Wednesday 20th August, raising vital funds for our veterans and to support the voluntary work of our charity.

The climb was postponed last month due to severe weather.

Paul Jacobs said “Being wounded in Afghanistan changed my life, but I found strength through setting challenges each day”

“I know that our voluntary charity supports veterans, nobody is paid, so every penny is spent on veterans, memorials, education, remembrance and community events”

ASA Scotland Chairman Councillor Harry Cartmill
“I applaud Paul for his service, bravery, resilience and determination, after suffering from serious life changing injuries, he has found the strength to keep going”

“Let’s support Paul’s Challenge, which will enable our charity to support Veterans and much more”

“Veterans made our Nation”

Paul is asking for business, organisations and the public to support his cause.

Please donate and support my mission people 🙏
👉🏼 https://asascotland.enthuse.com/cf/paul-jacobs-gm-ben-nevis-who-cares-shares-challeng/post/15016009 👈🏼




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Scottish Veterans Commissioner fans

17/07/2025

When the sun slipped away, you vanished with light,
And part of me faded into the night.
I walk down this shoreline, searching the blue,
But nothing I find will ever be you.
You were my anchor, my laughter, my spark,
Now I wander alone through mornings and dark.
Who am I now, since you had to go?
An empty reflection, a shadow below.
I lost myself on the day you left, too—
For so much of my heart was made up of you.

17/07/2025

A great day was had by all who attended.

17/07/2025

What a great pic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The Wallace Statue and a summer sunrise for 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿😍



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