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Before my son Lee was killed he was being groomed to take over the family business. It took years and alot of hard work establishing the company which manufactured kitchen cabinets etc. When we moved into a larger premises Lee installed all the office cabinets. He tiled the floor in the showroom and then supervised the displays. With excellent computer skills Lee was able to build software to run the machinery.

So when Lee died the business lost its future leader. His parents were so grief stricken they were unable to perform their usual roles. The business lacked leadership vital to the smooth running of the business.

5 years on, it's time for me to get to know the company all over again and learn how to be a leader. It needed new proceedures to improve its viability. I look around the office and factory. Lee's presence is still strong. Yet there are others who dont feel what I feel. They believe I should be better than I am

Today I updated the employee records. I knew Lee's records were still in the folder. He would always be a part of our family business and I would always keep his records with current employees. My heart started to sink and panic threatened to engulf my body. I couldnt find Lee's records. Frantic I went through 2 folders eventually finding him with the ex-employees.

Lee is safely back where he belongs under lock and key. His spirit alive and energy strong. The office clerk had no idea that by moving Lee in the ex-employee folder she might as well stick a knife into his mothers heart. Lee didnt leave for another job and he didn't get sacked. He lost his job because he died.

Written on 13 Feb 2010
Over 7 years since incident
Tags: His energy strong

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Niki | 28 Jul 2010

Dear Julie,
Only we can understand the emotion that led to this fatal ripple story, I do state, I do not support the actions however I do understand the suffering grief as I am sure you can too.
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/dads-despair-without-end/story-e6frf7kx-1225855205502
Regards Niki

mum of five | 29 Jul 2010

Dear Julie,
I know how you feel. We want to feel our daughter’s presence by having as many things of her’s still around us. They can be forgotten by others, or pushed into the past, but for us everything we can hold on to reminds us daily that they were here and loved by us so much. Tanya’s birthday was the 2nd of August and she passed away on the 23rd. Packing up her room at Flinder’s Uni Hall(where she was a boarder) with all of her birthday cards, etc., her calender of all the events coming up over the weeks to come was one of our worst days.Her room away from home held all of the things that she was looking forward to – she was supposed to go back to Flinder’s the next day…..
Everywhere around the house and our farm we have evidence that Tanya has been….

mum of five | 29 Jul 2010

Julie McIntyre | 29 Jul 2010

Thanks Mum of Five, Tanya is with you, in the house and the on the farm, I sometimes feel lost then something happens, I feel a sign, Niki you know! You have felt Lee too, Lee always pops in when we need him, he always will xx

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