Cushion of comfort

I WAS touched that presenter Simon Thomas’s son has made him a cushion from his late wife’s old skirts (Mail), with the help of Simon’s new girlfriend. When my husband died four years ago, a friend’s daughter asked me for one of his shirts. I picked a lovely striped one I had liked to see him wear.

A week later, she presented me with a cushion made out of the shirt.

The pocket on the front contained a card on which she had written: ‘This is the shirt I used to wear and when you hold it I’ll be there.’

It was such a thoughtful gift and I shall treasure it always.

JUDY POSTANS, Moreton on Lugg, Herefordshire.