Reflecting back on the darkest days of her life, Natalie Hawkridge is reminded of the moments when she didn’t know if or how she could keep going. As a mother, she went through the worst imaginable nightmare when she and her husband, Michael, now 68, lost their eight-year-old son, Sam.
Through the heartache, Natalie found comfort talking about Sam and keeping his memory alive, but it wasn’t always easy and often, she felt like a burden. So when Natalie met Sue, a mother who had also lost her precious son, the pair formed a friendship like no other.
‘The pain of being a bereaved mother can be isolating, and people don’t know what to say,’ says 63-year-old Natalie, from Derby. ‘It’s not their fault – you have no idea how…
