When her husband took his own life eight years ago today, Broadstairs writer Melissa Todd grappled with emotions ranging from shock to guilt and an enduring sense of anger. Here, she describes with heart-wrenching honesty the physical and emotional toll it took on her as she struggled to come to terms with his suicide… My husband killed himself on New Year’s Eve 2015. I got home about five and found a note taped to the bannisters that read “Don’t go upstairs. Call the police”. And even though his instructions couldn’t have been clearer, and I knew exactly what they signified, I stood staring…
