A GIFT THAT WAS RECEIVED FROM HEAVEN… In October 2016 my Mum received a birthday present from her very excited husband [Ross Allen]. It was a Eden brochure of a glasshouse. He had surprised her and was so happy to have come up with such an suitable present for a lady with a green thumb. Delivery was due a bit later so he had given her the brochure on the day. After that they went away on holiday – a much look forward to cruise in Asia and a chance for a life long dream to come true to see Orangutans in the wild. Sadly while in Singapore Mum’s husband passed away. It was a terrible time of course with a funeral in Auckland 4 days before Christmas. We waited in Auckland for his ashes and headed back home to Taupo. When we came back to the house we discovered the glasshouse had been delivered – his final gift. We had it installed where he had already chosen to put it and when it was erected had a few people round to christen it in his memory. So the photo we have sent you is of the glasshouse in site. My Mum had had a particularly hard day with her grieving. The following day she looked out the window and even though it was a dismal day there was a beautiful rainbow perfectly situated over the glasshouse. We quickly took a photo and were so pleased and she joked that it was her husband sending her a sign. Unbeknownst to her I took the photo and had it enlarged and framed and on her husband’s birthday we gave it to her. Coming up with a caption is a bit tough because although it is just a glasshouse it means much more to us. Also he would have loved to seen his name appear as I guess that would make him chuckle

– so my attempt at a caption is: “A gift that was received from heaven – a rainbow and Ross Allen”