Mike planned his own funeral and it may sound odd but it was a lovely send-off. Both his son and I managed a tribute and I read the lesson. My nephew, Paul, took the service. Lots and lots of friends and relatives attended and many came back to our home afterwards.

Thank you to everyone who prayed for us. I am convinced that this was why he lived so much longer than the oncologists predicted.

We had less than four years together but the time was very precious. As I said in my tribute: ‘he rescued me from sadness’ after Alan’s death.

Very few women have the love of two wonderful men in their lives. I have been blessed.

Sadly, my partner of nearly four years died on Monday 26 April. The funeral will be at 3.30pm on Friday 7 May at the Exeter crematorium.

I haven’t edited my webpage in many years, but my son Richard has kindly installed this blogging software so I should be able to update it myself much more regularly