Colin's story: "When I’m feeling down-hearted I look at the Remembrance page"

I was lucky to have had the support of an Admiral Nurse while Gladys was alive and knew I wanted to support Dementia UK, the charity that trains, develops and supports them. I was told about Remembrance pages and, after looking into it, I set one up.

In developing the page, I discovered just how much it was helping me to cope with the loss of the truest love of my life. I brought the family on board and, like me, they found the Remembrance page very comforting. One thing I so desperately needed to do was to pay the kind of Tribute that Gladys deserved and her Remembrance page serves the purpose perfectly.

It’s a wonderful thing to be able to attach precious photographs, memories, thoughts of the moment. I can also light a candle that is there for my family to see anytime they care to look. All of our family have added photographs, memories, special stories of Mum or Grandma. The Remembrance page has achieved for me the unique and beautiful feature that the memory of Gladys will live on and that current and hopefully future generations can look at the website to see who she was.

The loss of my wife has been heart-breaking but when I’m feeling down-hearted I look at the Remembrance page and smile at the treasure house of memories. I have a wonderfully supportive family and group of friends who are there when I need them, however, the Remembrance page is very personal and I feel very close to Gladys when I’m reading through it. I sincerely hope that other bereaved families may find the same level of comfort in their Remembrance page.