In Memory of Rebecca Aylward.
R.I.P.
23 October 2010.
Dedicated to Memory of Rebecca.
So Beautiful - A Butterfly on a Summers Day.
Hengwm, Mynyddoedd Pumlumon August 2011
rebecca-aylward.gonetoosoon.org/ - Cached
31 Jul 2011 – Rebecca Aylward's Online Memorial - Rebecca's life was cut tragically short after she disappeared on Saturday 26 October 2010. Rebecc.
These days one is so much aware of tradgedies, not least personal tradgey as the case of the murder of Rebecca Aylward, it is particularly sad when reading of the death by accident or design of young people. So many in England victims of stabbings whilst in Wales I seem to hear more of young people being killed in road accidents though there have been a few awful muders of young people as well as that young boy in Swansea and another young man on his own door step in Cardiff. I am aware of at least two young women on the cusp of life ahead dieing in awful car crashes, Then there are terrible tradgedies as the young Welsh Couple murdered in Antigua and, recently the loss of a new bride of her husband to a shark.
I think it's part of growing old, as I seem to be very much open to feeing the grief of others greatly these days and, I certainly do feel empathy, even in retrospect. On occaision of visiting the Aberfan Cemetary a couple of years back, reading the names of the children overwealmed me and I did shed tears. As a father of three children and, all girls I am particularly affected by any tradgic death of children and young people. Of course, if it's girls I can feel this awful sense of grief other parents must suffer over terrible loss as in the case of Rebecca Ayleward. I will never feel the pain nor suffer the long years of grief and lonliness over such loss, it must be all but unimmaginable.
Though, I think I came close to it in watching the opening episodes of the TV series (American Version) 'The Killing', telling the story of a young womens murder. The opening episodes dwelled very much on the grief of the family and their sense of loss. Father, Mother and two younger brothers, this was acted so proffessionally and even though with great sensitivity, I really began to feel that it was too hard to watch as I was being over wealmed by feelings of empathy. The same feelings arose in watching the film 'The Lovely Bones', fiction some times can be that good not least when the production values and acting are so good. That's fiction, so what must hard fact and realiy be like for those so closely involved as parents or partners. In such cases we can only say 'there for the grace of god', what words can be then said to compensate such loss what possible sympathy could be expressed that would help heal wounded hearts.
A fact that horrified me this year was hearing that last year 150 women had been killed by their partners, as poor Rebecca betrayed and brutally murdered. Rebecca as many other young women with the World and a life before her but no more because of a madness or had evil possessed in an empty head? I sometimes wonder about humanity how we slaughter each other so quickly one minute but at the same time can perform such acts of goodness and charity and of course heroism and with 9/11 anniversary on the horizon we are being reminded of this. The TV programme about the Children of 9/11 was quite unbearable to watch, as a regular listner of the BBC World Service one becomes very aware that throughout the World Babies, Children and Young People as well Women are in the frontline of being victims of some of worse ever examples of abuse, exploitation and murder. Altogether, it is quite horrifying that it's not just war and famine that can so brutalise men and make the weak and innocent their victims.
I would hope all A.M's at the National Assembly make it a prority that Wales goes to the fore front of aid and assistence to those who suffer such victimisation wherever, be it in Wales or where ever World Wide. To begin with on our own door step we should be able to do much asap to ensure the weak and innocent are made secure from harm, injury and death. Lessons perhaps in grief and empathy from a young age should be on Educational Carriculums, as well respect to Young Girls and aged Women who are also victims because they are weak and cannot defend themselves. Lets see no young peoples lives being ended so cruelly by accident, design and absolute thoughtlessness. Nothing I now say could possibly make life that more easy to bear for Rebecca's family but may I suggest to people who are in position to move such an Initiative, would not a Rebecca Aylward Foundation as the Spohie Lancaster Foundation be a good tribute to Rebecca's memory. Perhaps with the objective of campaigning to make young women safer in Wales and a World that is getting more brutal and unsafe each day.
I am a 'Bridgend Boy' and many years ago worked on a building site in Aberkenfig, in fact stopped there some years back for a drink in a local pub. Perhaps being from Bridgend area makes this murder particularly play on my mind. Rest in Peace Rebecca.
Gethin Gruffydd.
I would hope all A.M's at the National Assembly make it a prority that Wales goes to the fore front of aid and assistence to those who suffer such victimisation wherever, be it in Wales or where ever World Wide. To begin with on our own door step we should be able to do much asap to ensure the weak and innocent are made secure from harm, injury and death. Lessons perhaps in grief and empathy from a young age should be on Educational Carriculums, as well respect to Young Girls and aged Women who are also victims because they are weak and cannot defend themselves. Lets see no young peoples lives being ended so cruelly by accident, design and absolute thoughtlessness. Nothing I now say could possibly make life that more easy to bear for Rebecca's family but may I suggest to people who are in position to move such an Initiative, would not a Rebecca Aylward Foundation as the Spohie Lancaster Foundation be a good tribute to Rebecca's memory. Perhaps with the objective of campaigning to make young women safer in Wales and a World that is getting more brutal and unsafe each day.
The Sophie Lancaster Foundation
www.sophielancasterfoundation.com/ - Cached
13 Mar 2010 – The charity, known as The Sophie Lancaster Foundation, will focus on creating respect for and understanding of subcultures in our ...I am a 'Bridgend Boy' and many years ago worked on a building site in Aberkenfig, in fact stopped there some years back for a drink in a local pub. Perhaps being from Bridgend area makes this murder particularly play on my mind. Rest in Peace Rebecca.
Gethin Gruffydd.
