my good friend's funeral xx

here is the article that has been said in my friends his local paper:
"I WISH I could breathe like you. I know the answer's out there so won't you help me please."

Those were the words sung by Hoddesdon singer Matt Scales, former lead singer of The Gaff.

The haunting lyrics were heard by more than 700 mourners wearing his favourite colour - green - at his funeral yesterday (Thursday, 03 May).

Brave Matt's song Breathe, about his struggle with respiratory disease cystic fibrosis, left family, friends and fans in tears. They spilled out of the packed chapel at West Herts Crematorium in Watford.

Matt succumbed to the illness last week at just 27 years old. Consumed with grief, his childhood sweetheart and wife Amy told mourners of her love for the "charming" man.

Through tears, Amy, 24, said: "Joining the Scales family was the best day of my life. Never have I met a more warm and loving man. He made everyone happy even when he was hurting himself."
Rock 'n' roll star tribute
Matt performed with The Gaff to huge audiences alongside the Kaiser Chiefs and boy band Blue.

The band clinched a record deal and the video for their first single, anti-bullying song Hey Weirdo, was aired on MTV and Radio 2 and is still available on iTunes.

Matt was diagnosed with the illness at just a week old and "died fighting" it surrounded by his family and friends in Papworth Hospital, near Cambridge.

He had "never been happier" after marrying Amy in July last year.

At the funeral, friends said of Matt that "girls loved him and boys wanted to be like him" and "his star will never fade".

At Matt's request, the Billy Joel hit Only the Good Die Young and Matt's own song, I Learned A Lot About Myself, brought more tears at the "celebration of his life".

And the tributes to Matt continue.

Last night pals and fans gathered at Broxbourne Civic Hall in Hoddesdon to remember the "top bloke".

A 16-band concert will be held on Monday at the White Hart pub in Salisbury Square, Hertford from 2pm, in memory of the "exceptional talent".

Matt's last gig was with band The Lullabyes at The Marquee in Hertford on January 22.
missing you heaps and the chats we had on msn xxx:0(here is a photo of flowers that where at his funeral :




thinking of amy and his parents and sister xxx

a very sad update :0(

i really dont know where to start,its very hard when you lose a friend with cystic fibrosis,over the years i have lost so many friends in my life it is so hard when it happens to be a friend you have know over so many years.on saturday 21st april 2007 at 3pm matthew scales passed away at the age of 27,i am still finding it hard that he has gone,back in febuary a freind of mine let me know matt was not well and was in itu,i was shocked i thought not matt the young guy who enjoys life and sining,the 1st time i heard matt sing was on the cf awards in 2004 and loved the song he was singing breathe here is a link to matt's website with the song on http://www.mattscales.net/,this song is very close to my heart and always will be.i will always remember matt as a happy young man and always had jokes to say,when we both used to go to the london chest there was a gang of us called the cookie crew(dont ask why)there used to be alan.baljit,louise,nicky(who worked on the reception at clinic)emma(alan's girlfriend) me,craig and a few other people who are know longer with us,we used to have loads of fun.matt always spoke about his lovley girlfriend amy,who he later married in july 2006,he was so happy marrying amy,when i used to speak to him on msn we always talked about our partners,home life and family,he also recentley bought a house with amy he was so happy as he said to me it was a big house and it had a basement big enough for his drum set :0).the last time we spoke he was aksing how i was because i had a rough time just before xmas 2006,thats was in january 2007 that was the last time we spoke.my thoughts are with Amy, Stephanie, Trevor and Jacqueline.xxxx here is a photo of matt that i found on one of his friends pages on myspace
if you belong to myspace here is a memorial page to matt: www.myspace.com/matthewscalesmemorial xxx
rest in peace matt xxx will miss you heaps xxx

a very belated update xx

well this has been coming but have just got to find time as we are so busy at the moment with sorting out moving.well since i last posted we have had loads going i went into hospital and had to have my port removed as it was making me very rough,i went into hospital for nearly 3 weeks and it seem to go on,then in december i had a new one fitted in my boob and it is a lot better,we went to see jethro in feb 07 and he was just so funny.we went to crufts as well and it was so good this year as my other half came with me and he enjoyed it as well,we did not leave until 7-30 but it was worth all the fun as i got to meet shauna lowry.also i got my new car and its great its a lot bigger then the mercedes i had and its got loads of room for my two babies,its a ford focus c max 1.8 and boy does it move on the roads.we are also going to be moving,we have just got a three bedroom house with a garden and loads of space,we are also getting married in august 2007 so i will be know as mrs longman :).
i aslo got to meet jordon aka katie price,she is really a lovley person even though i had to wait three hours to see her but it was worth the wait,i am slo running the race for life this year in memory of my uncle john and grandad castle who both died from cancer and at present i have my dad fighting prostate cancer,i am slo going to be running the hydro active challenage in september for cystic fibrosis which of cousre is veryvery close to my heart as i suffer from the illness,i missed doing it last year as i was not very well and want to do it this year xx and in august i cant wait as both my parents are coming over for my wedding to tosh and it will be great to see them both xxx

here are a few photos :

this is my new car xx



here is a photo of jordon(katie price)



me at crufts eating my lunch xx



murphy doing his bit for comic relief xx



here is me and shauna lowery xx
right i am of now i have updated and will do when i can xxx

i fell like poo

well i have just finished a 2 week course of ivs and felt fine and went for my flu jab on saturday(18-11-06) and now i am back to square one :-(,tosh feels the same,i have got a sore throat and a bit chesty so i am hopeing it is not another chest infection,well daisy and murphy are just great and they are keeping me company as you can see from the photo:

as you can see by the photo i am fast asleep.both me and tosh are hopeing to move hopefully keeping fingers crossed but are not sure where to but have to keep it in the huntingdon area as i need to stay close to papworth as i would hate to move away to far as at the moment i am 20 mins away,mum and dad are lovling cyprus:-) and loving helping mr dimitrious and anna with there olives.the weather out there is far better then here at the moment its bloody cold here but its lovley and warm there :-)
here is a photo of me and murphy mummys big boy xx


bye bye xxxxxx

meeting pete from big brother 2006

i cant believe after all the years i have watched big brother i have met one of the winners and i have got to say i am gglad it was pete :D,he was great on big brother i am so pleased he won :D,loved seeing his pink hair,with him suffereing with his tourettes is does'nt let it rule his life,when i got in to see him he even shouted w***** and i could not help but smile.here is my photo :

a belated update

sorry for the delay had a few problems getting back on here.well winter is well and truly here is really cold and they are saying its going to be a very cold one this year.well since i last wrote anything we have decided to get married next year 2007 and we are both looking forward to it but the only thing is we are not sure where to get married :-D well we have just had halloween did'nt do much this year like last year but we did have fun as you may be able to tell by the photos :-D


we went for a walk before bed last night and found a batgirl mask on the way round must have been from people trick or treat,well when we got home we had a laugh witrh the mask and boy did murphy and daisy have fun as well :0)well both me and tosh are full of cold at the moment:0( which is not good as we have tosh's mum and dad coming up at the weekend(2-11-06 till 5-11-06) which is good as its going to be nice to spend time with them both.and we are also going to be talking to them about marriage details :-)got papworth next week so i am dreading it as i know i might not have put on weight but hay how can you put weight on when you have had colds .here are a few photos:



well i am off now xxxxx

its the weekend

i love the weekends as i get to spend time with tosh :0),the weather today is really horriable its really bad rain and really windy too and thats not murphy or daisy's bum for a change,both me and tosh are feeling a little under the weather at the moment with both of us having a sore throat so we both can rest over the weekend.i so dont want to have ivs yet but so far have done three months with out them.well on the 14th of this month i have been with tosh 4 wonderful years and boy have we been through a bit since we have been together but have stuck together like chalk and cheese :0)tosh's mum and dad might be coming up next month(november)which will be nice to see them both.i think if i dont pick up soon it i will have to phone papworth but i want to hold fire until after our 4 year anniversary.bye xxx :0)