I hate every moment of this so I'll keep it short, but I've edited this and added some context for those who may not have seen my messages before, as this has reached far further than I thought possible. My late wife Laura battled with episodes of severe depression for most of her adult life, childhood trauma and a rare neurological condition were gradually identified and despite suffering for nearly 20 years was only recently diagnosed with bipolar. For everyone that knew her, in the last 10 months she appeared to be doing so well, the best she'd been in all that time. Devastatingly, early on Christmas eve morning she left the house and drove away while our 3 year old daughter and I were asleep, and took her own life. Laura was a shining star and her gift in life was bringing people together, giving her all to care for others and was the most amazing and selfless person I've ever had the privilege of knowing. Her life ended far far too early and despite her past battles with mental health, her death has come completely out of the blue and devastated everyone.

By choice we have often had low paying but satisfying jobs, and we were just getting to a point where we could start saving some money, but there is not enough to pay for the funeral arrangements as well as a lot of other immediate life admin things. I hate asking for money but if you can spare even a few pounds I would be so incredibly grateful, however, there is absolutely zero expectation.

Thank you for even taking the time to read this,

Jon & Beth