You are travelling with your childhood sweetheart and her family. You met her at school when you were just 17 years old and you’ve been together for 10 years. You have made plans for the future. You’re engaged to be married. You’re playing eye-spy on the roadside together. And then a tragic accident takes her away from you forever. You are distraught. Everything that the future was supposed to be has now changed. How could this have happened? What are you meant to do now?

Today we’ll be asking: is it possible to learn to live with such a debilitating loss? And how can our ability to accept the past provide a pathway to being able to make the most of the present?

Alex Melia, and the Stories of Men team are on a mission to uncover what it means to live an independent and meaningful life. We'll be sharing this knowledge with you every week.

We’d like to extend our appreciation to today’s guest, Jonathan Wilson. His bravery, wisdom and openness while discussing such profoundly tragic events is both deeply moving and inspiring. His story also provides a vital part of the puzzle as we try to piece together what it means to be a man in today’s world.

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