Choosing not to discuss death and dying was an unspoken decision for Hayley and Matthew Smith after he was given just one year to live.
At the age of just 28, only 16 months after he married Hayley, Matthew, in July 2016, had received the devastating diagnosis of a stage 4 glioblastoma – a fast-growing and aggressive brain tumour.
Hayley had been a 17-year-old weekend coffee girl in the café managed by Matthew’s mum when she met him – and sprinkled chocolate love hearts on the foam of his cappuccinos in the hope that he’d take the hint and ask her out.
