<p>Jess Herrick was 28 when her partner Max was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive cancer.</p><p>What followed was a year of brutal treatment, long hospital stays, and a kind of life that no one in their twenties expects to be living. Against the odds, Max went into remission and they tried to rebuild. But just a year later, the cancer came back, this time terminal.</p><p>In this episode, Jess talks about loving someone through illness, becoming a carer in your mid-twenties, and the quiet, devastating losses that come with young widowhood, not just the person, but the future you were meant to have together.</p><p>They got married in a hospice just days before Max died.</p><p>Jess also shares what it’s actually like to be widowed at 28, the messy reality of grief in your twenties, and why she’s now helping other young widows find each other through peer support.</p><p>This one is raw, honest, and devastating, but also full of love.</p><p></p>