Loose Women fans were emotional as Brenda Edwards returned to the panel today.
The 48-year-old reunited with her friends and co-stars as she was back at work for the first time since son Jamal's death.
Fans took to Twitter to welcome her back, with one writing: "Lovely to see Brenda back."
While another commented: "so lovely to see Brenda back on the panel today."
A third tweeted: "Wishing Brenda all the love and strength in the world on her first episode back, such huge admiration for her."
"Welcome back @brenda_edwards It’s so hard going back to work after a bereavement," another commented.
During her interview with Coleen, Brenda opened up about how she would never be able to forget the vision of her son dying in her arms.
"The one thing that I do want to say is I was with him and his sister was with us, we were all at home," she recalled. "It was sudden and it was unexpected and he went into cardiac arrest. Then he passed with me holding his hand, so I get a little bit of comfort from knowing I was with him.”
"As much as that is comfort, at the same time, it’s a vision that I’m never going to forget."
Brenda revealed that she has a bedtime routine dedicated to her son that "keeps her going".
"When I wake up every morning - all of his photos are still obviously in the house - and I look at him and say, ‘Good morning, baby’ and ‘Good night, baby’.
"And I think doing that is what’s keeping me going. He always had this lovely, bright smile, just used to light up. He had this funny laugh. I feel his presence constantly and I know I’ve always been somebody who has faith and who believes in that and that has been a massive comfort to me.”
Brenda said that she had felt "overwhelmed" over the sheer volume of support they had received in the wake of Jamal's death and that they were "so grateful".
Jamal left instructions for his mum in the tragic event that he would die on how to take over his charities and businesses - and even had instructions for his funeral.
Opening up about the day of his funeral, Brenda said: "When we laid him to rest, it was really beautiful. We looked up into the sky and there was a J - the clouds had formed a J. A friend took a picture of it.”
Speaking of Jamal's legacy, she said: "He said, ‘We all die, the goal is not to live forever but to create something that will.’ And I believe he has created something that will and I’m determined to make sure that it will. That’s my goal.”
*Loose Women airs weekdays at 12.30pm on ITV
