Sitting around the table and eating, talking, laughing, drinking, arguing and enjoying ourselves has always been at the very heart of this family and house. Sitting around our table is also a shared memory that so many people have.

Yesterday the Jenkins’s and Gilly forced ourselves to sit around the table for the first time since Chris died. It was very hard but we did it. We ate Spaghetti Bolognese. It was Alex’s birthday and it was also the start of our new lives without Chris.

Chris’s legacy includes the strength of this family. That meal wasn’t a lot of fun but we all know that future ones will be happier.