My family
Created by Linda 6 years ago
My husband Andrew was killed 12 and a half years ago and the pain I felt on that day is still as intense today. The person responsible for Andy's death wasn't, in my opinion, punished or even held accountable for what he had done and I believe that has contributed to the difficulty I've had in 'moving on'. He wasn't 'driving dangerously' only 'carelessly' and at that time there wasn't a charge of causing death by 'careless' driving so he could only be charged with careless driving which was dealt with at magistrate's court and the fact that he'd killed my husband couldn't even be brought up, and because he earned his living by driving he wasn't even stopped from doing that he just got a fine! The fact that my breadwinner was dead was inconsequential. I feel so angry still but I've got this far with the help of my loving family but even that is sometimes too much to bear. We have 3 children and when Andrew was still here we had one grandson, since he's been gone that's grown to 4 grandsons 1 granddaughter and another one due in November this year and I'm immensely proud and love them all beyond words but each time one comes along I think of how much Andy is missing and, more importantly, how much the grandchildren are missing by not knowing their granddad and not having his love and influence in their lives. He was a wonderful husband dad and granddad and he deserves to be remembered everyday, and that's what I do, I think of him and remember him and continue to love him every single minute of every day. X