Tribute to Thomas Keen, 29/12/2020 - 01/07/2022

You beautiful boy, As it comes closer to the day where we say goodbye, I know that we will never be without you. You are in all of our heart and minds. Losing you has been the hardest thing for all of us that knew you and your cheeky smile. Not being able to see you grow up and learn about life and explore the world and all its wonders is a pain beyond words. The grief that we feel is simply the unexpressed love that we didn’t get the chance to share with you. Sweet dreams little man x

There's a huge Tommy shaped hole in our family - you will always be in our hearts. Sleep well amongst the stars Tommy. We all love you.

Sadly Thomas we never met you but were kept up to date with all your funny antics from Thomas the Tank to your love of food from your Nanny Keen . You will be missed , may you always have an angel by your side.

Dear Tommy, I wanted to write this message to talk about how I feel and felt whilst we had our time together in addition to what I’ll take with me from it. When we spent time together Tommy you were always so inquisitive looking for the next thing to learn and conquer. As soon as you grew from wriggling, crawling to aided-walking no one could keep up with you for long as you rummaged through your favourite books, toys and anything we used. You had such joy in exploring through play as we would have to chase the distant slapping of your crawl to only find you cackling back at us whilst opening cupboards or playing with new items. From learning to borrow, clap, burble and wave you showed how clever you were. However, you were also wise as you put trust in others without worry or prejudice even in trying times making everyone and yourself smile, gaining the most from the time you had. When you were here it helped me develop this side of me too and Il keep developing along with your tenacity to gain the most out of my life; embracing my inner Tommy. An aside is how much you make me happy even when you aren’t there. When I’m alone I daydream at times when I need something to get me through the day. I am surprised no one has yet caught me cackling, evil laughing, playing peekaboo or pretend sneezing with you in my work area. Still, nothing beat seeing your smile when doing these things with you. Of course, I can’t forget Thomas the tank engine and how you would dance to it whilst holding the cabinet. Even after you were diagnosed you would instead help us sing the final note of the theme each time and giggle at the crashes. This was in addition to your love of reading throughout. There are so much more fun memories the families have to talk about but not enough words to portray it. To finish, I will miss you and coming home to your infectious smile. However, we have many fond memories to keep us company and I hope you do too. Your Family and friends loved you very much and are here to support each other in your absence. I wish you all the best. Love you,

Darling Tommy, What a precious little man you are. Always full of smiles, laughter and love. In you I found a kindred spirit - you were my excuse to watch Thomas the Tank Engine and I will forever miss sitting and cuddling while we watched episode after episode. It breaks my heart my heart that I won’t get to teach you all the naughty things it is an Uncle’s job to teach - things that would almost certainly get us both told off by your Mummy Sleep tight sweetest boy Love Always, Uncle Alex May the choirs of Angels come to greet you May they speed you to Paradise May the Lord enfold you in his mercy May you enjoy everlasting life

Our Precious Tommy Boy. Sadly we never got to meet you.We felt we knew you and kept up to date with your adventures. Your Nana filled us in when we had our phone calls. We loved seeing the regular photos and will cherish them even more now.We will look at the sky for your star Tommy. We will never forget you Our Precious Tommy Boy. Love and Hugs Carol Joe & Sarah XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

You brought such joy into our hearts every day and we'll miss you so, so much. We'll never forget your cheeky grin, which often meant that you'd had enough of educational play and wanted to go off and slam doors! Watching Thomas, Percy and the other engines just won't be the same.

"How lucky am I to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard" - Winnie the Pooh I only had you for a short time , you filled my life with happiness ,your love your smile your giggles will be forever imprinted in my heart and mind . Always and forever loved Nanny’s Little man .. Love Nanny Cookie

Wherever they go, and whatever happens to them on the way, in that enchanted place on the top of the forest, a little boy and his bear will always be playing. A.A. Milne, closing lines of Winnie-The-Pooh

Thank you for setting up this memorial to Tommy. We hope that you find it a positive experience developing the site and that it becomes a place of comfort and inspiration for you to visit whenever you want or need to.

I am I and you are you, whatever we were to each other that we still are. Speak to me in the easy way which you always used. Why should I be out of mind because I am out of sight? Life means all that it ever meant, it is the same as it ever was.