For Freddie: A Mother's Final Gift to Her Son

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And now, having felt that I got to know her after her death through her sharing of her story, I've read the story of her life as left to her little boy. I would lay you in your cot each night and silently communicate from my mind to yours, ‘I will do this Freddie, I will gladly take whatever they throw at me if it means we can stay together’. And I feel certain that Freddie will be enormously proud of his mummy and what she has done, and proud that his story has helped to carry this on.He’s contributed enormously to removing the stigma surrounding death, helping others give voice to their own pain and the fallout of losing someone. I like 5 Live and I used to hear Rachel Bland on drive, then I heard about the popcast you, me and the big C and although I don't have cancer I find the popcast really informative and interested and it got me thinking about things you don't usually want to think about in a healthier way. The thought that you have to grow up without me there to cuddle you when you're sick , had a bad dream or just want your mummy is too much to bear. The brave podcaster, who also shares her experiences on her blog Big C Little Me, shared the news of her prognosis on Twitter and Instagram. But the past four years have taught me resilience and not to worry too much about things you can’t control.

He told how son Freddie doesn't understand that his mother is never coming back - and told Steve he shouldn't have sold Rachael's car as 'Mummy might need it'.To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. But the last moment came when the grim-faced oncologist delivered the very grimmest of news, a job I did not envy him one bit. Steve has been balancing training for the marathon with managing his grief and adjusting to life without Rachael.

something I’d been reluctant to put a number on before – and the answer came back "Days …possibly weeks".

Cancer was a big taboo, the conversation wasn’t normalised and people didn’t know what to expect, they didn’t know what it would look likem” Steve adds. In the final months of her life she wrote a memoir, For Freddie, which was published posthumously early the following year. Steve, 40, from Cheshire, lost his wife Rachael to breast cancer in September 2018 which she documented on her BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C over a two year period.