Remembering & Honouring

So here we are again - two years down the road. The official date is 21st - mine is 20th. Either way - here we are again. I seem to incur “how sad” and “poor you” responses to posts like this.

Please … not this time. This time I am proud!

Proud to have shared my life with my best bud, friend, partner, lover, mother, wife, most perfect for me human being ever. Together we created four new human beings who have created their own new human beings. Together we learned so much, became so much, and figured out the important stuff. Together we made mistake after mistake, forgave and accepted, got it wrong and got it right. Together we were Paul and Mandy, mum and dad, nana and grandad. Together we were and always will be. And I am proud of all of us - our four children and…

And these - usually one for our wedding anniversary, and another for our "new anniversaries".

https://youtu.be/CqqFiZKnbyA?si=08L4HoTxXPODoPgp

Hi, I'm Nicky, the founder of The Widowed Collective I wanted to create a free to access not for profit peer to peer support group for iwdows and widowers of all ages regardless of where they are in their widowed journey.

I want this section of the forum to be a place where we remember those we have lost.. here is a photo of my husband Andy's memorial bench and where I scattered his ashes - its in the village we used to visit in a spot by a river that he loved.

Please feel free to share your special places or ways in which your honour your late partner here