“I brought my daughter into the world and took her out of it.” As I held Deborah’s hand during her final moments, a mix of sadness and relief overcame me—my vibrant daughter, who fought a brave battle with bowel cancer, was finally free from pain.Despite being a mother of three, losing Deborah, who passed away at 40 after a five-and-a-half-year struggle, has been incredibly hard, especially for her 16-year-old and 14-year-old children, Hugo and Eloise. Deborah, diagnosed with stage 4 bowel cancer at 35.