Maike's Story - Loved&Lost Project

Maike shares the story of loosing her husband Paul, and returning to Penzance, Cornwall to restage a photograph of them together on the steps by the sea.
"They were Paul's glasses, they were his everyday glasses, he had to wear them when he was walking around. For me, they're reading glasses, but they were one of the things that I first fell in love with, because I like geeky glasses and on his profile picture on the Guardian Soulmates, where we first met, he has these on and I thought 'I like this guy, he looks like Jarvis Cocker"
Find out more about Maike's story and the Loved&Lost project here: www.lovedandlos...

[@leilymerlin7950]

Beautiful approach, beautiful people.

[@tituscaesar]

Does anyone know more details about Paul: what did he die of & how old was he? I heard about this project on BBC NEWS today. I felt particularly moved by this story. My heart goes out to Maike. I wonder if the both of them have autism. The way Maike described her life with Paul makes me think they might have.
What you are doing with this project is so beautiful.
R.I.P. Paul.

[@lovedlost7979]

Thanks for sharing. The project intentionally doesn't ask for facts about people's loss as the aim isn't to reduce the experience into facts, it's aimed at listening to someone's account of the person they have lost and their experience. I understand you asking the questions though, as it is a fairly natural reaction for us to want to know more about each others lives. As far as I am aware, neither Paul or Maike had/have autism.