“I brought my daughter into the world and took her out of it.”

As I held Deborah’s hand during her final moments, a mix of sadness and relief overcame me—my vibrant daughter,

who fought a brave battle with bowel cancer, was finally free from pain.

Despite being a mother of three, losing Deborah, who passed away at 40 after a five-and-a-half-year strugglehas been incredibly hard,

especially for her 16-year-old and 14-year-old children,

Hugo and Eloise. Deborah, diagnosed with stage 4 bowel c at 35.