Fuel to the fire

Death cannot douse the love that we shared

As told to Jacqui Deevoy

‘Computers and phones switched themselves on and off’ My eyes blurred and my hands shook as I laid the last stick of kindling in the fireplace and reached for the matchbox. Then, suddenly… Pop! A flame licked across the kindling. Startled, I watched the wood catch and blacken. ‘Is that you?’ I whispered. Who else would it be? Passed away The previous day, I’d been in the hospital with my beloved husband and soulmate Bill, then 46. Ill for months, he’d finally been diagnosed with an infection in his heart. Though we were both afraid, we were always laughing and joking. But, at 4.30pm on 6 February 2015, I kissed Bill goodbye and went to leave. I had to collect our youngest daughter Elizabeth, 3, from a friend’s. At that…

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Chat It's Fate (Digital) - 1 Issue, June 2017

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