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

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I organised holidays for the family and made sure that every minute we spent together was special in some way. Training in the beautiful countryside of Cheshire also gave him plenty of open fields and country lanes close to home that he could train in. It was through her death that I heard about this podcast, and I feel as if I have got to "know" Rachael backwards. Meghan Markle forced to miss glitzy Beverly Hills ceremony where Prince Harry received a 'Living Legend'. The ultimate Valentine's Day countdown - here are 10 romantic gestures to help sweep your partner off their feet!

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'. When it comes to finding the balance between keeping Rachael’s memory alive and being in a new relationship, Steve says the pair talk openly, and it was Amy who suggested meeting Rachael’s mum in Wales. The 40-year-old is mum to three-year-old Freddie with her husband Steve – and since discovering her cancer was incurable back in April, Rachael has been making sure that Freddie knows his mum when he grows up. The radio star said: ‘If I were to release all my feelings about leaving my precious, beautiful Freddie behind, I wouldn’t be able to enjoy the rest of my time on this earth. However, I think that Rachael was a truly remarkable woman who normalised talking about cancer and dying through her podcast and her blog, and I think this will be a wonderful thing for her son to read one day.

It's about looking forward and can be a tricky balance, it's something Amy and I have talked about it. But believe me I tried EVERYTHING I could to stay around for you for every moment I could eek out of this life. I was in awe of her and how she coped with such a horrendous situation always with a huge smile and masses of gorgeous glamour! You can’t look at him without seeing Rachael either so it’s a little bit of her all the time just next to me.

The show’s third presenter, Lauren Mahon, was recently given the five-year all-clear from breast cancer, and has continued to host the podcast alongside Steve. 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. Most of all, it is an enduring keepsake for Freddie and a lifetime reminder of his amazing mummy’s unconditional love.I think we all need to get better at knowing what to say, otherwise you get situations where people going through cancer feel even more isolated than they did already, they feel like it’s something they can’t talk about and they have to bottle it up. She continued to blog and run You, Me and the Big C, and hoped that she could do enough to give her son memories of her life.

Through his ongoing commitment in helping others and determination to live life to the fullest, Steve is clearly making the most of every moment. As the festive season rolls around, workplaces face the challenge of balancing productivity and holiday cheer. Speaking in 2020 about getting together with new love Amy, he told the Daily Mail: 'We took our time but, of course, my life revolves around Freddie so it's difficult to get to know someone properly without involving them in his life, too'. But that's not to say there aren't nights where we kind of look each other in the eye and have a good old cry about it.

Steve says speaking openly about Rachael's illness help him and Freddie to prepare for life after her death. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Ryan Gosling shrugs off Barbie Oscars drama with loving kiss from daughter and support from wife Eva Mendes. If I was crying all the time it would make it harder for him, and we wouldn't be having a nice time.

On 28 June 2019 American rock band The Killers dedicated their song " A Dustland Fairytale" to Bland, while in concert at Cardiff Castle. It’s difficult to imagine the emotions someone goes through after discovering their significant other has cancer. And if you haven't 'met' Rachael, I urge you to read this uplifting, optimistic and very happy book. He revealed he broke down in tears after Bland passed away and their son Freddie told him: “Daddy, don’t worry, it’s just us two now. Part memoir, part advice, For Freddie beautifully encapsulates the grace and fearlessness in which Rachael lived her life.Recently he posted an Instagram picture which showed just how similar the pair looked at the same age. Freddie, three, suddenly woke up and let out a series of small cries before falling back to sleep, his dad has revealed. But the past four years have taught me resilience and not to worry too much about things you can’t control. When he is sort of five, six, seven, maybe I'll start to read bits to him, when he starts to have some sort of grasp on what's happened.