Keep memories alive

IN MARCH, I also lost the love of my life in an instant (Femail). We were at a friend’s funeral and had just sung the first hymn (he with gusto as he was a member of the male voice choir) when he sat down and his head went forward — he had gone!

Since then, I have also found it hard to move on or accept what has happened. People still ask where he is because we were always out together.

My only son and his family (who l i ved nearby) moved elsewhere two days after my husband’s funeral, so I have been left without family nearby. I try to put on a brave face when I go out, making sure my hair and make-up are all right and I try to leave my tears for home (these seem to be every day at the moment).

I have been on holiday with a large group of friends, but when there felt as though something was missing — my lovely husband.

I was awarded the Imperial Service Medal this year, but it did not arrive to be presented until after he died.

Some people never find in a lifetime what we had, but I must live now on wonderful memories. Mrs S. DAVIS, Pontefract,

West Yorks.