Deborah James’ parents: 'You don't have grief without love'
“It never becomes any easier,” Dame Deborah James' mother said on the second anniversary of her daughter's passing. Heather says her daughter's attitude has changed her outlook: “I think of her all the time and I miss her all the time, but she’s given me the passion of life, to go out and live.” Dame Deborah James died on the 28 June 2022, at 40 years old. Report by Covellm. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn
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00:00It doesn't get any easier, and in fact, I think some grief will never go.
00:06It's just a new way of life.
00:08You're going to find this difficult when I say it was a relief
00:12when she actually took her last breath,
00:15because then I knew she was in no more pain,
00:18because Deborah would hide her pain.
00:21For five years she hid her pain.
00:24I think of her all the time, and I miss her all the time,
00:28but she's given me the passion of life to go out and live.
00:32I think you don't have grief without love, and it's very true.
00:37We are doing this because we lost a dearly loved daughter.
00:42It's great that we are doing this,
00:45but we wish the reason for doing it wasn't there.