in loving memory of william "the Don" mccabe

hi guys... as alot of people are aware my bestest mate of 20 years has sadly grown his angel wings. he was more of a brother to me and a son too my mother rather than a friend of my family.. i would like too share a little bit about his life since i have known him and what i know... we have been best mates since year 7 in tonypandy comprehensive school..the moment we met we just clicked, and i knew i had a friend for life in william...il give you a quick run down about his life and how he lived his life.... its a tough one too start on as william didnt really have the easiest of starts in life... at the young age of 11 sadly william and his younger brother who was around 7 or 8 at the time lost both parents while living up in glasgow... from there the family decided that the best thing for the kids would be too go and live with their uncle down in wales for a fresh start. so off too wales he come for a new start in life just weeks after losing both his mother and father in tragic circumstances... as you could imagine this was never going to be an easy ride for william or his younger brother david who at the time of their loss was a couple of years younger than william.. they both had too up and move too a different country at the age of around 7 and 11 to start a new life without the love of their own parents.. now for anyone that is a massive challenge at that age. it was always bound too have some type of affect on them somewhere in life wether it was early or later on in life...unfortunately william did try his very best too adjust too the welsh lifestyle and did show alot of strength on times and quite a bit of promise to grow into the man his family had longed for him too always be....he went on too do well at alot of things.. he was incredible at art in school and always had the best ideas for drawings and graffiti... id always watch him doing his work then try and add my bit too it then make out hes copied me haha funny times... from there william joined penygraig boxing gym and thoroughly enjoyed a spell boxing which he was really good at .. also carpentery and cooking he showed great interest in and finally after a few years in school wanted to become a chef.. which he went too college to learn to do....sadly he did end up in the foster care system at around 13 14 as some of his behaviour wasnt really acceptable and that time and he could be quite challenging but never would he have ever done things too upset people on purpose. he was just in a lot of pain... i just know in the back of his mind he just wanted answers why he lost both his parents at such a young age, looking back now as an adult its clear the boy just craved his mother and fathers love like any normal kid would have from what him and his brother had to go through at that young age....at the age of around 20 william kind of closed himself off from getting into any deep chats or emotional talk as it really affected him and he would always relate too losing his parents and that he hated to do.. he couldnt really open up too any of us who were there at that time and he really felt he had nowhere too turn... he decided he would pack up living in the valleys and goes go too bristol to start a fresh life and live with his old carer who done so much for him in his younger life and i know he really loved her like family! after spending a few years in Bristol which turned out the wrong place for him in the end.. he come back to wales with me as we were a bit older and wiser and made a plan on how we were going to find him a house...which we did.. William could never really fully settle in looking back there was always something in his head that wouldnt allow him too fully settle.. he would regularly take trips back to Bristol and after a few years it become apparent too him that he just couldnt be in bristol any longer and his heart was always in the valleys.. so he come back again each and everytime he would come back and show amazing amounts of strength and courage to get himself back on the right track... he was hard working enthusiastic, daring and very well manered he would go above and beyond for family and friends and also people he never even knew...to me that shows a great person..

at 24 onwards he was failed by the mental health team numerous times and failed by housing numerous times here in wales and back in Bristol and unfortunately while being in a shared accommodation in wales last going off being around a bunch of other homeless people who were all in a similar situation to him...after finding himself in this position and also losing one of our best mates on the new year this year... his mental health sadly deteriorated and life become more harder for him too keep adjusting too each and everytime he was shipped around different places...william always craved his own property and just a place to call home with good friends around him too support him...sadly he never got that chance.. on Saturday after enjoying the fury and Usyk world heavy weight fight.. which he correctly predicted the outcome of and that Usyk would win, he was the only one out of all of our group of friends that was to get the prediction right so he chucked a little voice note in the group chat we have between our group of friends saying ha ha i told you i was be right boys haha.. and rubbed it into us a little bit lol... little did we know that sadly that would be the last ever time we would hear his voice. as he sadly passed away in his sleep after it... im sorry to be here asking any of you to help out as much as you can weather it be a small amount or a very generous amount... i wish i could just pay for everything myself and didnt have too ask.. but william definitely done his fair share of helping others in their time of need now its his time of need and his family need our help more than ever.. so please guys can we all dig deep to give my brother from another mother the best send off there possibly can be... i will have a pot for cash donations around me and also this go fund me page im hoping will take off and give some extra support towards costs of the funeral and other things that might be needed for the family that are left, which is only a couple of people...sorry for such a long read i can go on for weeks talking about my boy we shared so many memories!! i will leave the rest up too you guys so thank you for any support in advance...it really means the world too us all connected with william... RIP MY BEST FRIEND YOU ARE OUT OF PAIN AND SUFFERING NOW AND FINALLY ARE RE UNITED WITH YOUR MOTHER AND FATHER... WE LOVE YOU DONNY BOY!!! PLEASE SEND STRENGTH TO US ALL!!!