I'm Dilys Morgan and I met my late husband Michael Barratt when I joined the early evening BBC TV Nationwide programme. In this, the first episode of Living with dying, I tell my own story of the recent death of my husband of 47 years and some of the unexpected feelings I encountered. Guiding me through is Counsellor Simon Smith of the Thames Hospice
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'It's not those wow moments, it's the ordinary moments you miss'' - Sarah Parfitt on life without her 91 year old father
This week Karnail Pannu talks about the Sikh way of death - the mourning, the funeral and the grief he experienced on the death...