Rachael admitted she was scared that Freddie wouldn't remember her, and so before her death wrote a book for him titled, For Freddie. Most of all, it is an enduring keepsake for Freddie and a lifetime reminder of his amazing mummy’s unconditional love. That's what I've been told, his grief will come and go and it's probably when he's four, five or six we will start to see more how it's affected him. 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. It's heartbreaking to know that Freddie won't have his mummy there throughout his life, but hopefully this book will be some kind of comfort to him where he can learn all about his family, their history and most of all his devoted mummy.

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. You know when you finish watching a film, listening to a song, or in this case reading a book and you sit there in silence for a while not knowing what to say or what to think.Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). In her memoir Rachael also warns Freddie against ever taking up smoking, saying “It’s an awful habit and one which I always question whether it contributed to getting cancer at such a young age.

You can contact their helpline on 0808 808 00 00 (7 days a week from 8am to 8pm), use their webchat service, or visit their site for more information.It wasn’t as specific as, ‘You must go and meet someone’, it was just, ‘Be happy’, whatever that means. Steve had been a co-host, replacing Rachael, on the popular You, Me and the Big C podcast alongside Lauren Mahon and Dame Deborah James, a. Family and colleagues paid her tribute including Dan Walker, Dame Kelly Holmes, former Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne and Busted's Charlie Simpson. Lauren says she feels “100%” sure that people spoke to her differently once they knew she had cancer. Includes moving contributions from Richard Bacon , Tony Livesey , Emma Barnett , Shelagh Fogarty , Mark Pougatch , Chris Stark and many more.