Was this in the Plan?: Bowie; Andy Nimmo

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11 January 2016

One Month. One Week. Bowie.

Today is a sad day. One month ago today I held my husband's hand as he took his last breath. I told my children that their daddy had passed away, I tried to help my learning disabled child understand that daddy was not coming back.

A week ago we held his funeral. We struggled through my daughter's birthday, Christmas and New Year before we could say our final goodbyes. We had an evening of celebration on Saturday 2nd January filled with laughter and stories, eulogies of hope and pride. His funeral on Monday 4th January was when it hit me. He was not coming back.

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This is the story of my family, and how we are learning to thrive and not just survive when life didn't go quite as we planned.

I'm Steph, a suburban mother, sometime Marketing Director, now family plate spinner, journalist, carer, nurse, spokesperson, campaigner and marathon runner (actual as well as metaphorical).

I have four extraordinary children, my two boys have a diagnosis of high functioning autism yet they could not be more different, my eldest daughter is a creative social justice warrior, my youngest daughter was born with a very rare genetic condition.

In December 2015 I also became a widow, my husband, the father of my children & partner of 27 years, Andy, died of cancer, leaving us with a gaping hole in our lives. 13 months later our darling daughter Daisy died.

My life was never going to be predictable but as Andy always said, it is what it is, it's how you respond which makes the difference.

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11 January 2016

One Month. One Week. Bowie.

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