Grieving Scots widower facing first Christmas without wife hails Beatson for support
Christmas will be very different this year for Paul Shepherd – a man who firmly believes that everything that’s intrinsically good about him is because of the influence of the woman he loved. This year, Paul will be gathered up by members of his loving family, and they’ll make new Christmas memories together.
The following month, doctors broke the news that she had acute myeloid leukaemia. She had no symptoms, she was feeling fine,” explained Paul, 57, who moved with Brenda from Johnstone, Renfrewshire, six years ago to set up home on the Isle of Bute. Paul would travel from the Isle of Bute every Friday, arriving at the hospital at lunchtime – a routine he repeated on a Saturday and Sunday. When it came time for patients’ meals to be distributed, Paul would start to make his way to the canteen – but staff wouldn’t hear of it.
Due to restrictions imposed by Covid, Brenda didn’t ever get to have her toenails painted at the Wellbeing Centre. So, when she was taken into the care of the funeral parlour where Joanne works, the first thing Brenda’s niece did was to paint her aunt’s toenails. “That’s the thing about the charity, that they’re there and able to support people,” he said. “I still have the goodie bag that Brenda got when the wellbeing centre opened, and I’m making my way through it. There are so many practical things in it.
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