I FOUND myself thinking: “Underneath the chestnut tree, I loved her and she loved me.

“Now we have a family, underneath the spreading chestnut tree.”

We lost our eldest girl Ruth with MS and Sylvia died with the same after 65 years together.

We still have a daughter, Judith, and son, Chris, seven grandchildren and 11 great grandchildren.

Count your blessings.

George Appleby, Clifton, York