Years ago there lived a happy family in a lovely kingdom called Owerhombe. All was well in the kingdom until one day the king felt a little unwell and summoned his doctor. The doctor examined the king and had some very, very sad news for the king. The king was not at all well and was sadly going to die soon.
Months passed and, as the doctor had said, eventually the king did die. However, this was not the end of the story as the king, like so many people, had a family who all cared for him and loved him. Even though for the king the pain of being unwell was all gone and he was now at rest, his family missed him very, very much. So much it made their heads and their hearts hurt.
You see, the king had some children and a wife and lots of friends, and when he died they were all very, very sad for many reasons. They missed him just like they would if he had just left and gone away, they felt sadness for him because they new he did not want to go either. They were unhappy for themselves because they had lost someone they loved and they were even more unhappy because they knew that he was also loosing those he loved too! At times it was very, very hard to believe anything would ever be right again!
A while after the king had died and the family had had a lot of help getting through each day from friends and other members of their family, things eventually started to appear a little brighter. Though things would never be the same again and their lives had changed in a big way for ever, the sun shone occasionally, and now and again some of the family felt they could smile when they remembered happy times with the king in the past.
One day the family decided that because they understood very well what loosing someone you love very much can be like, they decided to make a team up and that team was for giving help and listening and talking with other people who had lost someone that they loved very much. – Special people.
The King’s name was Simon.
