Death, Spiritual Messages & Cardboard Paul an Interview with Michelle Bourke

2020-06-25

Send us a text#9: Death, Spiritual Messages and Cardboard Paul are discussed as Teresa interviews Michelle Bourke.In May 2016, Michelle lost her husband of 25 years to melanoma. After a long battle that spanned nearly 8 years Paul finally died peacefully at home surrounded by Michelle and their children. Even in the final weeks of his life Paul still retained his razor-sharp wit, humour and tenacity for all that life had to offer. During this time Paul and Michelle grieved together and had many ...

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#9: Death, Spiritual Messages and Cardboard Paul are discussed as Teresa interviews Michelle Bourke.
In May 2016, Michelle lost her husband of 25 years to melanoma. After a long battle that spanned nearly 8 years Paul finally died peacefully at home surrounded by Michelle and their children. Even in the final weeks of his life Paul still retained his razor-sharp wit, humour and tenacity for all that life had to offer. During this time Paul and Michelle grieved together and had many discussions what had been and what would be missed. One day Paul asked Michelle what she would do once he was gone, and she promised she would carry out their life long plan to travel the world –but with him alongside her… as a cardboard cut-out. Michelle did exactly that and has now written a book about her experiences called #travellingwithcardboardpaul.

On her travels Michelle met many people curious about the cardboard cut-out; touching complete strangers with her story and along the way discovering her true self, changing her own life forever. The book challenges the preconceived notions of how people experience and deal with grief. #travellingwithcardboardpaul is a wonderful demonstration of how life goes on and doesn’t stop when our loved ones leave us, as well as being a wonderful gesture to honour her husband. During this her journey Michelle not only created life long memories for herself but also for the many people who crossed her path across the globe.

Michelle says, “I am extremely blessed that I could honor my promise to Paul by travelling with him as a cardboard cutout around the world. I am also grateful that I was able to share this experience with the complete strangers I met on this journey,

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