Walter STANLEY Cordock

WALTER STANLEY CORDOCK WAS BORN ON 8TH AUGUST 1917, I NEVER KNEW MY GRANDAD BUT AM PAYING THIS
TRIBUTE IN HIS MEMORY, MY GRANDAD HAD 3 CHILDREN BY HIS PREVIOUS MARRIAGE THEY ARE CALLED
BILLY,BOBBY AND TOMMY HE MET MY NANNA JEAN WHOM PASSED AWAY ON 27TH JULY 2004 IN TAMESIDE HOSPITAL,
HE LATER WENT ONTO MARRY MY NANNA AND HAD 2 CHILDREN NAMED JULIE AND STANLEY HE ALSO ADOPTED MY
NANNA JEANS OTHER 4 CHILDREN AND TOOK THEM ON AS HIS OWN CHILDREN, THEIR NAMES ARE DAVID, GARRY,
ALAN AND RODGER HE LOVED CHILDREN AND ALWAYS HAD A FONDNESS FOR CHILDREN AND CARED ABOUT THE
CHILDREN HE LOOKED AFTER, HE ONLY GOT 2 SEE 1 OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY JULIE JEAN
LOUISE CORDOCK BORN IN 1986, HE NEVER GOT TO SEE HIS OTHER GRANDCHILDREN GROW UP, BUT WE ALL KNOW HE
LOOKING DOWN ON US ALL WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE AT WHAT WE HAVE ALL ACHIEVED AND DONE.

The Dragonfly


Once, in a little pond, in the muddy water under the lily pads,
there lived a little water beetle in a community of water
beetles. They lived a simple and comfortable life in the pond
with few disturbances and interruptions.

Once in a while, sadness would come to the community when one of
their fellow beetles would climb the stem of a lily pad and
would never be seen again. They knew when this happened; their
friend was dead, gone forever.

Then, one day, one little water beetle felt an irresistible urge
to climb up that stem. However, he was determined that he would
not leave forever. He would come back and tell his friends what
he had found at the top.

When he reached the top and climbed out of the water onto the
surface of the lily pad, he was so tired, and the sun felt so
warm, that he decided he must take a nap. As he slept, his body
changed and when he woke up, he had turned into a beautiful
blue-tailed dragonfly with broad wings and a slender body
designed for flying.

So, fly he did! And, as he soared he saw the beauty of a whole
new world and a far superior way of life to what he had never
known existed.

Then he remembered his beetle friends and how they were thinking
by now he was dead. He wanted to go back to tell them, and
explain to them that he was now more alive than he had ever been
before. His life had been fulfilled rather than ended.

But, his new body would not go down into the water. He could
not get back to tell his friends the good news. Then he
understood that their time would come, when they, too, would
know what he now knew. So, he raised his wings and flew off
into his joyous new life!


~Author Unknown~