Phil reflected on that day: “It was rare that I was on my own with Jan, but on this particular day, I was. Things had changed, and we knew it was getting close. Two nurses who had become particularly close to Jan were called to come and say their final goodbyes.”
He recalls what the nurses told him about that moment: “They said that when they arrived at the Hospice, butterflies appeared from everywhere and prevented them from entering. They looked at each other and knew that Jan had gone. When they got to the ward, Jan had already passed away – at exactly the same time the butterflies had appeared.”