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I MET MY HUSBAND FOUR MONTHS AFTER HIS WIFE DIED

Posing for a wedding photo with my new husband Lee, our four children beside us, I felt such gratitude. When I became a widow four years ago, I never imagined I’d find love again, let alone gain twin stepdaughters Lauren and Sophie, 11, to create a happy, blended family alongside my two sons Daniel, 14, and Sam, 11.

My first husband Steve died aged 48, in March 2018, two years after he was diagnosed with skin cancer. We’d met online in 2006 and married in 2008. He was such a caring, loving man. Becoming a dad meant the world to him, and he was happiest at home, just the four of us, cuddled up watching a movie or playing football in the garden.

It was a

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