Alison Davis 1955-2013: Ali's birthday

Monday 8 January 2018

Ali's birthday

Ali's 39th birthday in 1994

The past couple of years recalled Ali's birthdays in India. Most of her birthdays, however were spent at home, and Ali had the 'usual' birthday cake - which I made from the only recipe for cakes Ali knew. It was a simple victoria sponge, which would either be plain (like the one above) or chocolate. For several years we had a faulty oven which didn't close properly, so the sponges rose on one side and not the other. By matching up the uneven sides the surface ended up being flat!

Today would have been Ali's 63rd birthday.

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Penny8 January 2018 at 21:35
Remembering happy times spent with Ali - love the photos and the story of the uneven cakes! Sending love and thoughts from Penny xxx
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The Purpose of this Blog

This blog was originally set up to give information about the funeral arrangements following Alison's death on 3 December 2013, and to provide a means of preserving some of the many tributes expressed after her death. Its ongoing purpose will be to provide further information about the extraordinary woman that Alison was.

For those who knew her, Alison - or Ali as she was known to some - was an exceptional woman who attracted people to her because of her honesty, sympathy, generosity, kindness, wit, joyful good humour, intelligence, integrity and compassion.

The author of this blog, who shared her life for more than 24 years, can attest better than anybody to the genuineness of her character. She had a genuine and intense love for people which flowed from an intense love of God.

For decades Ali experienced suffering that was physical, emotional, social, mental and spiritual. It was an extreme suffering, which she regarded not only as a "privilege" but as "the greatest privilege possible in the world," because she knew that in her sufferings she could unite herself with and participate in the sufferings of Christ.

Ali had been pro-abortion and an atheist. She became pro-life while remaining an atheist for several years. Then in 1991 she was received into the Catholic Church.

The Catholic Church wisely does not normally introduce causes for canonisation until at least five years after somebody has died. The author of this blog will be writing an account of the exceptional holiness of Ali's life and death, and will be petitioning the Church authorities to open her cause at an appropriate time.

It is the conviction of the author of this blog that Ali is not only a saint but that she will be recognised in due course as one of the great saints. However, he respects fully any judgment that the Church may one day deliver on this.

Alison Davis 1955-2013

Monday 8 January 2018

Ali's birthday

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