The End

  • 36 hours in a hospice

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    The digital clock above the bed showed 8.43pm at the devastating, heart-breaking time when Julie Marie Lea took her final breath. The date was Thursday, June 20, 2019 – coincidentally, my soulmate had died on my 45th birthday. I was holding her left hand gently and stroking her. One last kiss on her forehead to say goodbye.

    On the other side of the bed was her older brother David. He had been sitting loyally next…