This memorial website was created in the memory of Martyn Luckett who was born in Barnstaple, North Devon, on November 13, 1985 and passed away suddenly but peacefully on July 11, 2005 at the age of 19. We will remember him forever. Martyn in life was no angel, but God has chosen him to be his angel in spirit, alongside his nan, Margret Lovell, his grandad, Frankie and his great aunt, Margory Sims.
Since Martyn has died I have realised that we all deal with grief in different ways. I miss Mart so much that it hurts, I have created this website because this is the way that I am dealing with it. Although sometimes Martyn could be a pain and he would never take life seriously, or so it seemed to everyone else, with the benefit of hindsight, we can now see why. He made the most of the time he had and did what he wanted because at the end of the day, his life would have been wasted if he had of done everything everybody else wanted him to do. So all those times when he use to try our patience in not moving forward in his life, I apologise for keeping on at him, and I believe a lot of other people feel the same. I just hope we didn't spoil it for him too much!
It has now been nearly a year since I last saw Mart and although it appears that we are all getting on with things, there isn't an hour that goes by that me and my family don't think about him. Mum misses him like crazy, all those times when he use to wind her up, she would give anything to have him at her all the time again. Dad misses Mart's help with the sheep, cutting the grass and the 'rubbish' music he use to blare out of his room. Nick misses him continuosly asking for bacci or money. And I miss the silly conversations we use to have, which were known to Nick and I as Martyn's world. We all still ask why...but we will never ever know why he was taken from us. We know the medical reason, but it doesn't feel right.
Martyn died of Myocardis, which is a form of Sudden Adult Death Sydrome (SADS). It is thought that up to 8 people aged up to 35 years die of the SADS a week in this country. Although Martyn's condition is thought to be non genetic, it would appear that he did have an underlying heart condition that made his heart suseptable to Myocarditis. Most victims of SADS are unaware of their heart conditions and have no symptons until it is fatal.
For more information on SADS please visit www.c-r-y.org.uk. It is important for us all to be aware of SADS to ensure that Martyn did not die in vain.
So please take time to look over the website and my family and I would be honoured if you would like to add you own stuff, especially memories of Martyn that make us laugh.
We find that everytime we get sad, it doesn't take us long to get a smile on our faces cause there is always a funny memory of Martyn which cheers us up. We all still have memories of him and nobody can take them away from us. So to finish of my introduction to the website I would like to say that I am honoured to have had, and still have, Martyn as my brother and he touched so many peoples lives that it is important for us to keep his memory alive because he is still with us in spirit.
CRY / Adam Davis (None)
Martyn, I never knew you but in the course of this weekend have become a better person because of you.
When people are alive things can be taken for granted but you have a wonderful family that have so much love in their hearts that they share it wi...
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Mum's Poem / Mum (mother)
Each day I see your photo
You seem to smile and say
Don't cry I'm always with you
We'll meet again some day
Miss you loads
Mum xx
6 Years on / Charlotte Luckett (Sister)
My Brother Martyn.
You were a pain in the neck.
You would annoy me something rotten.
We would argue and fight like siblings do.
Whilst Mum would wrap you up in cotton.
Although we would fight
We also had fun with mem...
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Happy Birthday Bro! / Charlotte Luckett (Sister)
Happy 25th Bro! I hope you're having fun wherever you are. I know you will be. Can't believe you're 25 that's crazy! If you were still here no doubt we would be out partying tonight or at least you would be as I'm 30 now an ol...
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5 years on / Charlotte Luckett (Sister)
Dear Mart
Today 5 years ago was the last day I spent with you which I will cherish in my heart forever. Not a day goes by that I don't think about you. I often wonder what you would look like now what hair cut you would have and what mus...
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Mart never said he liked this song, but I feel as though most of the words are so relevant in what I would want to say to him now if I saw him for one last time. And we all know that Mart had the time of his life whilst he was here. I have uploaded the sound on to the website for those of you who are not familiar with the song, although it takes ages to download!
Another turning point, a fork stuck in the road. Time grabs you by the wrist, directs you where to go. So make the best of this test, and don't ask why. It's not a question, but a lesson learned in time.
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life.
So take the photographs, and still frames in your mind. Hang it on a shelf of good health and good time. Tattoos of memories and dead skin on trial. For what it's worth, it was worth all the while.
It's something unpredictable, but in the end is right. I hope you had the time of your life.
Stars "Perhaps they are not the stars, but rather openings in Heaven where the love of our lost ones pours through and shines down upon us to let us know they are happy."
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