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The Repair Shop’s Suzie Fletcher recalls devastating moment late husband ‘accepted’ his terminal illness – after crediting co-stars for helping her through grief

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As a lifestyle expert, I find Suzie Fletcher’s journey and resilience truly inspiring. Her memoir, The Sun Over The Mountains, offers a poignant insight into her life, especially the moment when her late husband Jamie, or Rob, accepted his terminal illness. This acceptance, as she describes it, was a “new beginning” that transformed their relationship in profound ways.

At the Repair Shop, Suzie Fletcher remembered the instance when her late husband Jamie (also known as Rob) acknowledged his terminal illness.

On the second season of the show, the equine equipment specialist, aged 63, gained widespread popularity after teaming up with her brother Steve. She graciously acknowledged her fellow cast members for guiding her through the process of dealing with loss.

For fifteen years, the pair had been happily wedded. However, in 2013, Rob tragically passed away due to pancreatic cancer, a disease that had gone undetected and caught them both off guard.

In my 2023 memoir, The Sun Over The Mountains, I shared that my spouse underwent a profound transformation once I embraced his condition’s reality and ceased my efforts to battle the illness with him.

His facial expression revealed humiliation to me. Afterward, I noticed a change in his countenance. I’ve observed the same transformation in others facing terminal illness.

She went on to say, “It’s evident in their eyes and I can feel it running across their forehead. This moment struck me as the start of something fresh, Rob. A recognition.

Until that point, he had been battling fiercely, yet once he stepped beyond the unclear boundary separating holding on and surrendering, he began to let go.

2021 saw Suzie, conversing in Lorraine dialect, acknowledge that she hadn’t properly grieved her loss at the time. However, she found solace and coped with it during her stint on the popular BBC show. She attributed her co-stars for aiding her in this mourning process.

Here, we have a strong sense of community and empathy. When someone is going through tough times, everyone steps up to offer support.

‘The Repair Shop feels like my extended family now. A crucial realization struck me that I hadn’t properly mourned the passing of my husband and aunt. As a result, I needed to make significant changes in my life. This entire journey has been extremely emotional.’

‘The experience was beneficial in encouraging me to share more about myself and progress, making it relatable for the audience since everyone encounters loss at some point.’

Originally hailing from Oxfordshire, Suzie spent 22 years residing in the United States, during which she encountered her spouse, a professional heavy-equipment machine operator.

Shortly following her husband’s passing, she journeyed back to the United Kingdom and began working at The Repair Shop in 2018, encouraged by her clock-repairing brother Steve.

Speaking about her experience she told The Telegraph: ‘Emotionally physically, mentally I was gone.

‘But here, listening to everyone else’s stories, I realised I wasn’t alone.

Here, you seem to have a sense of openness and acceptance, as if you could express any thought without fear of judgment. It’s as though the people here would offer comfort, healing your heart like a warm embrace.

It comes after Suzie revealed Repair Shop show bosses often ‘edit a lot out’ of the BBC programme. 

During an interview with The Sun, she openly shared that they often remove a significant amount of content due to her tendency to become emotional quite frequently, causing her to shed tears.

Instead of immediately absorbing others’ feelings, I used to try to conceal this trait. However, I’ve decided not to hide it anymore, as it is an integral part of my character – I choose to express and accept these emotions.

Suzie is tasked with restoring emotional keepsakes, which usually makes her quite anxious.

She commented: “Every time I work with someone new, I find myself extremely anxious. It’s quite unnerving to be on edge, wondering how they will react to my work.

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2024-12-24 04:49

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