Paul Robert Dow

Paul Dow - once met never forgotten! Paul loved life, he woke up everyday with a huge smile on his face no matter the circumstances. He lived to make a difference whether through sharing his passion for making music or through his vocation as a scientist, his charitable donations, or his wicked sense of humour or just a smile and a joke for a stranger. There is no doubt that he made the world around him a brighter, better place. He didn't believe in an after life but his philosophy was that by living everyday for others he would live on in the joy of their improved lives. I am the luckiest woman alive to have spent 28 years adoring Paul and being adored by him. We cuddled and laughed every single day. We worked together, played music together, played games together, celebrated the boys together and we never once got bored in each others company. I like to think that we amplified each others good qualities and smoothed over the poorer qualities. Paul gave me all the love and encouragement that I needed to become who I am, that gift is for the rest of my life. In short, thank you Paul for the love, the music, the boys, the laughter, the cooking and the ability to find joy in the darkest of times.