Wendy O’Dwyer says she never considered the power of touch until she went an entire year without holding her mother’s hand. “There was a whole year I couldn’t touch her and that hasn’t happened . . .
Mrs O Dwyer said: Mike and myself ran the shop together while raising our children. Sadly Derrick passed away in April 2011 aged 86, and in 2014 Mike was diagnosed with terminal cancer.
Wendy O Dwyer at the Village Rise Newsagents in Lowestoft. Picture: Mick Howes
- Credit: Mick Howes He battled on for almost two years but passed away on March 22, 2016, leaving four wonderful children behind and a business which has so many memories for all of us.
Having been inundated with good luck messages, Mrs O Dwyer is looking forward to the future - and some rest after seven days a week of early mornings over many years.
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