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Growing Through Grief with Jonathan Davies OBE
EP: 5 Jonathan Davies, OBE, father, husband, son, president of Cardiff's Velindre Cancer Centre, Welsh and World rugby icon, known to be controversial at times with no grey area (its always black or white with him as his kids remind him). Jonathan is well known for being one of the all time Welsh and World rugby greats, Jonathan reached the top of the game in rugby league and rugby union having represented both at the highest level here in the UK and in the southern hemisphere. Although Jonathan has a fantastically interesting sporting career which still continues today with a huge involvement through commentary and other aspects, this podcast episode we go deep into Jonathan's thoughts and feelings on how he coped, managed and essentially grew through grief. Jonathan's father Len developed cancer at a young age when there was little awareness and minimum resource leaving Jonathan's mother Diana to travel over 200 miles with his father Len to get treatment. Len sadly passed away after almost two years of treatment when Jonathan was just 14. Although it seems as though Jonathan picked himself up and moved on it was not that easy and he believes he could have possibly gone onto even greater things had his father still been with us. Then Cancer came again, this time Jonathan did not just lose his wife Karen his three children also lost their mother. Jonathan & Karen's three children were only 7, 3, and 1 at this time. Jonathan reflects on how he felt and how he hopes his kids will be proud of him and be happy he done the best he could along with his supportive mother Diana and friends. This episode carries huge sentimental value to me, 27 years ago at 13 years of age on May 29th 1993 my father Keith Delve passed away from Cancer after finding out he was carrying the disease through his lungs and it had spread through his body, this then sadly would leave my mother Catherine at 35 years of age with four children aged 15, 13, 7 & 5. Myself and Jonathan share our feelings on how we have and still do find the difficulties of growing through grief. There is no right or wrong way to perceive this podcast interview its purely mine & Jonathan's perspective's. Hope this helps you in some way.
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By Simon DelveEP: 5 Jonathan Davies, OBE, father, husband, son, president of Cardiff's Velindre Cancer Centre, Welsh and World rugby icon, known to be controversial at times with no grey area (its always black or white with him as his kids remind him). Jonathan is well known for being one of the all time Welsh and World rugby greats, Jonathan reached the top of the game in rugby league and rugby union having represented both at the highest level here in the UK and in the southern hemisphere. Although Jonathan has a fantastically interesting sporting career which still continues today with a huge involvement through commentary and other aspects, this podcast episode we go deep into Jonathan's thoughts and feelings on how he coped, managed and essentially grew through grief. Jonathan's father Len developed cancer at a young age when there was little awareness and minimum resource leaving Jonathan's mother Diana to travel over 200 miles with his father Len to get treatment. Len sadly passed away after almost two years of treatment when Jonathan was just 14. Although it seems as though Jonathan picked himself up and moved on it was not that easy and he believes he could have possibly gone onto even greater things had his father still been with us. Then Cancer came again, this time Jonathan did not just lose his wife Karen his three children also lost their mother. Jonathan & Karen's three children were only 7, 3, and 1 at this time. Jonathan reflects on how he felt and how he hopes his kids will be proud of him and be happy he done the best he could along with his supportive mother Diana and friends. This episode carries huge sentimental value to me, 27 years ago at 13 years of age on May 29th 1993 my father Keith Delve passed away from Cancer after finding out he was carrying the disease through his lungs and it had spread through his body, this then sadly would leave my mother Catherine at 35 years of age with four children aged 15, 13, 7 & 5. Myself and Jonathan share our feelings on how we have and still do find the difficulties of growing through grief. There is no right or wrong way to perceive this podcast interview its purely mine & Jonathan's perspective's. Hope this helps you in some way.