When sorrows like sea billows roll

On the sudden death of his wife Megan, Brad Franklin was left a single father of seven children. Life became harder, and the grief almost overwhelming. This article is an extract from his recently published book.

I sit writing this, and I’m three and a half years on from Megan’s death.

So much has changed! Our lives today feel so very different from those early days. One thing that time definitely has given me: more opportunities to miss Megan. What do I mean?