Pick Me Up! 19-Mar-2020

Sitting in the church pews in 1997, at one of our auctions, I placed my bid for a gardener. I needed my garden doing, so I was thrilled when I won. Unfortunately, when Mike came around to fix it up, it started pouring it down. Why don’t you come in?’ I said to him. We soon hit it off, and the following year, the two of us were married. We had such a fun relationship – always off visiting places and going on exciting adventures. But then, about three years ago, I started to notice that Mike was getting confused. One afternoon, he forgot that we’d moved into Alpha Court, a sheltered house run by Alpha Living, eight years ago – he tried to go to his childhood home. Soon,…

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Rushing around the house, I looked about for my keys and wallet, eventually finding them under a pile of laundry. Checking I had my shopping list, I popped my head into the living room to say goodbye. I’m off to Iceland for the food shop, see you both soon,’ I said, blowing a kiss to my boyfriend Tim and my five-year-old daughter Jessica. It was 10 February 1996, a few days after Jessica’s 5th birthday, and she was still excitedly playing with all her new presents. Tim Jenkins, 19, and I had been together for a year after meeting through friends, and things were going pretty well. He did have a bad temper on him and could sometimes get rough with me, but I didn’t mind as he was so…

CONTINUED FROM P7 Soon after, Tim pleaded not guilty at Swansea Crown Court, which meant we had to go through the ordeal of a trial. His defence was that he and Jessica had been playing a ‘surfing game’ where he would tread on her back and use her as a surfboard. It was a ridiculous lie, especially in the face of all the evidence against him. What adult male in their right mind would play a game like that with a small child? Stamping on her and claiming they were having fun – it’s sickening. Even the local social services said that they’d been worried after her broken leg. Jessica had a colossal 45 injuries all over her small body at the time of her death. How had I not…

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Sitting down with my mum Sheila, 71, she fell silent before breaking some devastating news. I ve got breast cancer,’ she confessed sadly. ‘Oh no,’ I cried, as tears rolled down my cheeks. In November 2018, Mum had taken herself to the GP when she noticed a change in her left nipple. She was sent for a mammogram, and doctors discovered a 2cm tumour in her breast. Further tests revealed the heartbreaking news that Mum had stage two cancer and it had spread to her lymph nodes. She decided to keep the news to herself until she was officially diagnosed. ‘I wish you’d told me sooner,’ I sobbed. ‘I didn’t want to worry you,’ she replied sincerely. My mum had always been my best friend – we told each other…