I have known Del for too many years. I remember sittin on the table behind him and Carol in the embassy with my mum growing up and always saying hello. I wasn't till I started going out with Michael that I really got to know him. He could be fun at times and take the right mickey. Other times he could be serious and normally this would've when he was telling me to shut up so he could watch the tv In peace with out listening to my gob all the time. He was the only person who could get away with calling me a lanky streak of piss. I was like a second dad to me and when he got I'll it was hard to watch him and not know what to say to him. It was also hard o see mike and how to help the both of them. It was so nice to see Del and Carol renew their vows back on October 2010. To see how much joy it bought them and also to be together as a family too. When we heard that the cancer had not gone before Xmas was hard. It was hard seeing him in hospital after the stroke and not being able to help him and I am lad that I got to see him before he died having a laugh and trying to feed me chocolate fingers. Every day I think about him and thin that he is watching over Michael and me, making sure we behave ourselves and watching over us. I am glad he is in a place where he is no longer in pain and can watch his James bond DVD till his heart is content without being nagged to turn it off but there will always be a void down here where he should be.love u loads and loads