Devastated parents remember "brightest light" after sudden death of Stirling teenager

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“It’s been devastating, horrendous - we planned a whole life of what we would do together and then it was gone”.Almost eight months on, Fallin mum Dawn Guthrie bears the scars of the most unimaginable trauma which can be inflicted on a parent — the sudden loss of a child.Her 14-year-old son Noah was a “happy wee boy”, overcoming the hurdles of an autism diagnosis and being non-verbal to light up the lives of those who knew him.Whether it was in the pool swimming, learning alongside the dedicated staff at Ochil House or even just heading out for his favourite McDonald’s and Irn Bru — Noah brought happiness to all who knew him and his family were looking forward to his future.But this was tragically snatched away from them in August last year when, while playing outside in his hot tub in Dawn’s back garden in Fallin, he suffered a fatal seizure and cardiac arrest.Since then, Dawn, alongside Noah’s dad Chris Grant, big brother Mason and the teenager’s whole family, has been trying to come to terms with their crushing loss whilst taking time to reflect and remember how wonderful Noah was.Dawn told the Observer: “He was just a happy, happy wee boy and he just loved having fun — he loved to scare his brother and going on holiday to Magaluf.“Noah always lived his best life every day because he didn’t have that sense of reality of the world, so we used to say that every day was Friday for Noah; there used to be so many laughs.“The pain comes in what Noah could have been, he was a good swimmer and loved his gymnastics, I had ideas of us going travelling.“He made it so you could never fall out with him, he loved the good things in life and everything was about Noah, which is how it should have been — it’s just been the biggest