For those of you unable to attend Gurvinder's funeral. I read this speech. Sonia

What does Friday the 13th of May signify to you all? To many of you sitting here it’s just a silly superstition some choose to believe, to me it’s the day I lost my brother forever. Gurvinder was born on the 12th September 1994, we had only just celebrated him turning 21 last year. At the age of 10, he was diagnosed with Epilepsy. Till this day we still don’t know what triggered his fits, ultimately this is how we lost him. I still remember the endless trips we all would take to the hospital, sitting by his bedside and he’d be there smiling and laughing away. No matter what my brother went through, you’d never see him without a smile. I’ve been told that when he was born I hated the attention he got because I was no longer an only child. Our photos together do this justice as I’m always crying in every photo. He faced such hardship growing up as he was forever bullied but he would always fight back, no matter the size or age of the coward that started on him. Shortly, after his passing I was contacted by a friend of his from an online gaming community. A young lady named Ciarra, who lives in America had met my brother from a game they played together. *Quote from her message*: “We had a special bond that I cannot describe and I am so grateful that I have had the pleasure of knowing him. As news began to spread around Highrise and our Instagram’s dedicated to Highrise and Lineplay it was clear to see how many lives he touched.” What they did next, I never would have imagined anyone would do. They all got together online and dressed their avatars in purple in memory of my brother and to also raise awareness of Epilepsy. I cannot begin to explain how much this touched us as a family. Gurvinder had touched so many people’s lives. Someone with such a big heart was taken from us too soon. As you can see in front of you today, we as a family decided the same. We chose to wear purple ramaal’s and chuni’s to raise awareness. Purple was Gurvinder’s favourite colour but it is also the national colour for Epilepsy Awareness Week. Everyone only wanted what was best for Gurvinder, unfortunately we will not be able to do that anymore. We’ve selected a special song dedicated to Guvi which will be played at the end. To end, I would probably just say that my fondest memories of him are going back to when we were at school together. I’d be sitting in my classroom, dazing out the windows and I’d see my mum walking across the playground with teachers. I’d think to myself ‘Oh My God, what has he done now’. Majority of the time it was that he’d gotten into trouble in one of his classes (Throwing paint at a girl who was teasing him) which is one of the fondest memories to date.