post: 457523, member: 875"]Les (LS26) is my best friend and has been for a number of years, and I'm very good friends with his wife as well. He is very much a brother to another mother, we share the same taste in football, music, and loads of other stuff, and we are on exactly the same wavelength and share the same sense of humour, and if either of us ever take up a new hobby or interest you can virtually always guarantee the other will take an interest.
I was the first one to know Mrs LS26 was pregnant on the same day she found out without either of them saying a word, I just read the situation and called it right, and i was absolutely pleased as punch when his wife sent me a text the next day asking me to be Godfather to their unborn child (they didn't know it was twins then). I was one of the first to know it was twins, and sadly I was one of the few people aware when the pregnancy began to run in difficulties, and when they lost the babies. One of the hardest things I've had to do is let a lot of Les and Nickys friends know about the loss of their unborn twins at the request of Les, on the night it happened and I was sat at home in tears as I made a few phone calls and sent a few text messages to the people who I thought I should let know.
What i find completely shocking is the ordeal that Les and Nicky have been through, it is not an ordeal that i would want anyone to go through and it is painful to see my closest friends have to go through, but the sheer bravery, strength and courage they have shown has been incredible and what has been incredible as well is the sheer amount of good friends they have got and the number of people wishing them well.
Over the last few years I've had a lot to overcome in my life, the loss of my father and step-mother to cancer in the space of two years, a difficult and acrimonious divorce and a battle with depression, but Les and Nicky have always been there for me throughout those tough times, and I will always be there for them both if they need me in return. If I had my time again I would do loads differently but I would not choose anyone else to have as a friend.
