Well, this is my first attempt at writing a blog,
On the 3rd may this year, my darling husband Jack who was 61 yrs old died, from Pancreatic Cancer, he was diagnosed with it in late January, early February. he was told he possibly had 6 to 12 months, more if he had Chemo, but as you can see, it was only just 3 months, and only 1 course of chemo. the tumour, we were told was 4cm x 7cm in size.
On my 50th birthday in April, Jack, Rachel & David bought me a Notebook and nice pen, so I could record all the things that mattered and so the children and their families could write and draw pictures in it. We didn't celebrate my birthday, how could we, but instead, we had a family holiday, we rented a house in Devon, that had enough room for 18 people, 13 adults and 5 children, Jack slept a lot, but we were all together and that is what mattered, on the last evening, we spent an hour taking photos, with Jack in each one, and at the end the Cameras were put on timers and we all sat together for the last time. 9 days after that Jack died, at home. But more about that next time.
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