Just Ren ...

In 2013 I was blessed to join my grandparents in Rawai at the Mangosteen Resort & Spa. I had been living at Muay Thai gyms in Bangkok and in Isaan and had traveled back down to Phuket to visit them.

Anyone who has ever lived in traditional gyms will know it pales in comparison to a resort so I’d literally gone from sleeping on a mat on the floor to a 5 star resort!

I was humbled to say the least, and, incredibly grateful they let me sleep on a fold out bed in their massive villa. They thought they hadn’t given me enough, but I can tell you it was the comfiest bed I had slept on and the comfiest bed I would sleep on the entire trip!

She had the most adventurous soul and that’s only part of what made her beautiful. 

This year, on the 10th December 2015 we said goodbye to my Grandmother, in February she was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer and a week after her 70th Birthday sadly, she passed away at home.

Today is Christmas day and it’s just not the same, it’s missing my favourite person in the entire world and it feels empty without her here. It’s hard to open presents and smile when the only thing you really want isn’t here anymore and can’t make it this year or next year...

I would give anything and everything to see her again and I am so grateful for everything she has ever done and shared with me.

If I am half as happy as my grandparents were I will be grateful!

So to you the most special person in the world - I miss you, I love you and I wish you were here still.

Moe mai ra e kuia