I still cannot believe you have left our world.
It seems impossible that you're not there that when we next visit SA, we won't see you.
Growing up I always felt my parents and grandparents were invincible, They protect me from so much, so surely nothing will happen to them. And then as you grow older you grow more worried about them. Worried of them getting old and leaving you, worried that something will happen to them that's out of your control. Will you get enough time with them, will you talk enough, will you hear all you want to hear from them. And sadly there is never enough time.....
As we go through photos from the past we are reminded of what a great life my Kungs lived!
It was filled with so much family, love and happiness! That's all my Kungs worried about, was his family and that we were happy, giving us tons of hugs, doing anything he could to help you out!
As a kid I loved his hot/cold hugs, hot was a loose hug and cold was the tightest hug he could give, giving us horse rides on his legs, giving us licorice allsort treats from his cabinet, most or almost every Sunday he would go to the store down the road, we would sometimes walk with him and pick up milk and fresh bread and most time us kiddies would get some fun treat. Even when we didn't visit our Pops and Kungs at their home, they'd bring the bread to us, seeing those brown paper bags would just make us drool, nothing like fresh bread and butter!
An absolute perfectionist, from growing his own veggies, packing and organizing his Reckitt and Coleman products in his garage (almost every weekend it seemed), washing his car, sweeping the stoep at 7am happily whistling his merry tune, cracking his monkey nuts in the yard so not to make a mess inside, even folding his handkerchief and placing it just so in his pocket!
All these memories and so much more...., I'm then reminded that despite the feeling of wanting more, we really did get to experience a lot with our Kungs and am eternally grateful for that.
I'm glad that even being away from home for 10 years, we made many trips back home and were able to see Pops and Kungs frequently and have Emma and Addi meet and spend time with their Tai Por and Tai Kung.
Thank you Kungs for teaching us so much. Through your ways, your stories, you always reminded us how much we're loved, how to be happy, how fortunate we all are, how not to take things for granted and what a great family we have. You and Pops built a strong foundation and have kept us all together through your commitment and love for each other.
It's an honor to call you my Kungsy and I hope I can keep your memory alive in my kids, knowing what a great TaiKung they had and how special it was that they got the time that they did with you.
I asked Emma what her one memory was of Tai Kung and she mentioned pretending the water she drank out the orange mug was hot cocoa, so she remembers eating lunch at the flat with TaiPor and TaiKung, and she got to use the very same mug we used as kids! I hope that memory remains with her forever.
We love you with all our heart Kungs, We will miss you every day.
Thank you for all that you did for us!
We'll take care of your Darl!
Take care Kungs and Go Well!!
xoxo
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