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Laura Clements

'My son died as a teenager and Mother's Day is always one of the hardest days of the year'

A mother who lost her teenage son has spoken of the renewed grief she faces every year on Mother's Day. Sharon Jenkins' son David died just weeks before Christmas in 2019.

Sharon said she struggles every year with the emotions Mother's Day forces her to confront. Her first Mother's Day without Cardiff City fan David, who was 19 when he died, was full of "raw grief". It still hurts now, three years later.

She said: "He would be 23 this year. I see his friends getting engaged and having babies. And I wonder if he was still alive what would he be doing with his life."

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