Andrea Treasa Cousins ( Best )

Andrea cousins
born 24/12/42 died 16/1/2005

age 62
lived ( belle isle ) leeds :
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ANDREA TERESA COUSINS (NEE BEST) WAS BORN IN LEEDS.
SHE HAS 3 BROTHRS AND 5 SISTERS MAUREEN, JOHN, NEIL, IAN, DAWN, SHARON, BEV AND ALISON BEST. ANDREA
LIVED MOST OF HER LIFE IN BELLE ISLE OF LEEDS, SHE AS 4 DAUGHTERS SHARON, LESLEY, LORRAINE, AND
JOANNE, SHE AS 15 GRANDCHILDREN LEE, MARK, NICOLAS, KATIE, SCOTT, HEIDI, JOE, WILLIAM, LEAH, DEMI,
ABBIE,GEORGIA,BRADLEY, CASEY, AND FRANKIE, AND 1 GREAT-GRANDAUGHTER KELSEY,WHO IS 7 NOW. ANDREA SAW
ALL HER FAMILY OFTEN.
ANDREA AS 2 MORE GREAT-GRANCHILDREN THAT SHE NEVER GOT THE CHANCE SEE. CHERI-MAY, WHO WAS BORN 22nd
OF DECEMBER 2005.2 DAYS BEFOR ANDREAS BIRTHDAY CHRISTMAS EVA 24 OF DECEMBER. AND THEN BABY JACK WHO
WAS BORN 13TH OF OCTOBER 2006. JACK IS LORRAINS FIRST GRANDCHILD;AND ANDREAS FIRST GREAT-GRANDSON.
.AND THEY WILL BE MANY MORE TO FOLLOW FROM ANDREAS OTHER 13 GRANDCHILDREN, (NOW ABOUT MY MAM)
MY MAM ANDREA BORN ON THE 24TH DECEMBER 1942 ON CHRISTMAS EVA. SHE HAD 2 BABY BROTHERS JOHN, NEIL,
AND BABY SISTER MAUREEN, THEY WAS BROUGHT UP BY THERE MAM ANNE ELIZIBETH BEST AND THERE DAD FREDRICK
LINIET BEST. WHEN THEY WAS AT A VERY YOUNG AGE HER PARENTS DIVORCED WHICH BROKE HER MAMS HEART.HER
MAM STARTED TO HAVE HEALTH PROBLEMS.MY MAM WENT TO LIVE WITH HER MAMS MAM (HER NANA) MY MAMS DAD HAD
RE-MARRIED AND WENT ON TO HAVE 3 MORE DAUGHTERS.AND HER MAM HAD TO MORE CHILDREN IAN AND DAWN.THEN
HER MAMA HAD TURNED TO DRINKING. MY MUM WAS ONLY IN HER 30 WHEN HER MUM DIED. MY MAM MARRIED AT THE
AGE OF 16 TO MY DAD TERRY COUSINS.THEY WENT TO LIVE IN BELLE-ISLE. MY MAM HAD HER 4 CHILDREN. BUT
SOME YEARS LATER GOT DIVORCED AND REMAINED LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE FOR 44 YEARS. MY MAM WAS A HARD
WORKING LADY WHO KEPT A BEAUTIFUL HOME LOVED HER CHILDREN. I REMEMBER SOME VERY HAPPY MEMORIES.ON
CHRISTMAS MORNING WHEN WE WAS ALL TOGETHER MAM AND ME AND MY 3 SISTERS.WE ALWAYS GOT THE THINGS WE
WANTED. MY MAM ALWAYS TRYED HARD AT THAT TIME OF YEAR TO SEE ARE FACES LIGHT UP, TO SEE HOW HAPPY
SHE HAD MADE US. MY MAM DIDNT HAVE A HAPPY UPBRIGING. AS A CHILD WITH OUT HER MAM TO GUIDE HER.(ALL
CHILDREN NEED THEY MAM) WELL I ALWAYS DID.I NEVER IMAGINED LIFE WITH OUT HER.THEN IN 1981 MY MAM WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. I REMEMBER GOING TO HOSPITAL WITH HER WHEN SHE WAS TOLD IT WAS
MALIGNANT.SHE WOULD HAVE AN OPERATION TO REMOVE THE LUMP.I WAS SAT AT SIDE OF MY MAM HOLDING MY NEW
2 WEEK OLD SON MARK. I WAS SO SHOCKED OF HEARING MY MAM HAD BREAST CANCER. I ASKED IF SHE COULD HAVE
HER BREAST REMOVED BUT DR CARTWRITE (WHO WAS A LADY DOCTOR) TOLD US THAT SHE DIDNT NEED TO THEY CAN
CURE IT BEFOR IT SPREAD.WITH RADIOTHERAPY.MY MAM HAD SOME COURSES AT COOKRIDGE HOSPITAL AND WAS KEPT
AS AN OUTPATIENT FOR TEN YEAR. TEN YEARS PAST AND SHE WAS FINALY DISCHARGED. MY MUM FOUND IT VERY
HARD TO COME TO TERMS WITH HER ILLNESS.AS ALL THEM YEARS AGO THEY WAS NO COUNCILING AND AT THIS
AWFULL STAGE IN HER LIFE LOST HER BEST FREIND FLO TO THE DISEASE WITH IN MONTHS OF BEING DIAGNOSED.
OVER THE TEN YEARS OF WORRYING IN CASE IT CAME BACK AND EVERY THING ELSE LIFE THROWS AT YOU. MY
BEAUTIFUL MOTHER CHANGED FROM HER HAPPY USUAL SELF TO HER LOSS OF INTEREST IN MOST THINGS.BUT STILL
LIVED FOR HER CHILDREN.OVER THEM AWFULL YEARS MY MAM WENT THROUGH. ME AND MY MAM BECAME BEST FREINDS
AS WELL AS MOTHER AND DAUGHTER. SOME MORE YEARS PAST AND MY MAM BEGANE TO SUFFER WITH ANZIETY.AND
HER HEALTH SEEMED TO GO FROM BAD TO WORSE.MY MAM COULD NOT COPE WITH HER ILLNESS. AND WAS ADMITED TO
HOSPITAL ON A FEW OCCASIONS. SHE GOT BETTER AND WAS DISCHARGED.BUT THEN AGAINE SEEM TO GO BACK DOWN
HILL.SHE COULD NOT LIVE WITH HER ILNESS.BECOUSE SHE DID NOT GET THE PROPER MEDICAL CARE SHE SO MUCH
DESERVED. AS SHE HAD TRYED SO HARD TO FIGHT THE ILNESS FOR 15 YEARS.SHE TRYED TO SETTLED BACK AT HER
HER HOME,BUT SHE SUFFERED SO MUCH WITH MENTAL HELTH PROBLEMS.SHE LOST THE WILL TO KEEP FIGHTING.SHE
PAST AWAY SO SUDDENLY ON THE 16TH OF JANUARY 2005 AT THE AGE OF 62 OUR BEAUTIFUL MAM R.I.P TILL WE
MEET AGAIN SOME DAY YOUR DAUGHTERS SHARON, LESLEY, LORRAINE, JOANNE,♥♥♥♥♥♥
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