'Andy was such a wonderful soul and I'm grateful for every second of my life I had with him'
Meeting online in the early 2000s, marrying two years later and welcoming their baby son Finn, Nicky Wake and her husband Andy looked forward to spending the rest of their lives together.
They claimed that Andy, who had always been generally healthy, was suffering from stress, but Nicky was not convinced. She insisted he underwent an ECG - and doctors discovered he was experiencing a heart attack. He moved into a specialist brain injury unit at a residential home where he needed 24-hour care, leaving Nicky to pick up the pieces at home, having to learn how to parent alone.
At the same time, Nicky had to deal with a mountain of paperwork and legal wrangling as neither Andy nor Nicky had sorted out wills, and their savings from their events business were in a bank account under Andy's name only. She adds: "Having to solo parent was a whole new world for me; I couldn't cook! It was possibly the most incredibly challenging period of my life."
As the business went from strength to strength, Andy took a step back and became the "world's most devoted house husband," Nicky says. Andy's death meant Nicky had to adopt a new identity - she was a widow at 49, among the 100,000 people a year who lose their spouse before the age of 50 - and she wanted to move forward.
While navigating the dating world, Nicky was also attending events with a support group - Widowed and Young - and bonding with others who understood her experience.
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