Mum, 26, took her own life hours after filming herself playing and laughing with kids
A young mum-of-two took her own life just hours after taking a video of herself playing with her children in the garden.
Jade Roberts, 26, from Knotty Ash, Liverpool, left a letter to her loved ones before her death last month.
Heartbroken family members described her as ‘an unbelievable mum’ to her two sons, who are aged one and two.
Her cousin Karl Thomas, 33, said she ‘would do anything for anyone’ and had ‘a heart of gold’.
Jade suffered from anxiety and relatives said they were unaware of the true extent of what she was going through.
Now they have decided to share her story to raise awareness of mental health issues and encourage others not to suffer in silence.
Karl said: ‘She had all the people around her in the world but it just shows you, you can be surrounded by people and still feel alone.
‘It’s so important that people do talk about how they are feeling instead of bottling things up.
‘There need to be more platforms for people to do this I think, now more than ever.
‘People have always been suffering but I think now it’s coming from all angles and you’re hearing about it more and more.’
A few hours before her death, Karl said Jade had sent him a video of herself playing with her children.
‘You couldn’t see her because the camera was on the kids but she’s laughing in the video,’ he said.
‘She was an unbelievable mum. Every minute of the day was dedicated to her children.
‘They are very happy and loving children and it speaks volumes of the person she was because kids are a blank canvas at the end of the day.
‘She genuinely had the biggest heart of gold. She would do anything for anybody.
‘She was always more worried about other people and tried to sort out other people’s problems.
‘Maybe that came from knowing how they felt and she didn’t want people feeling that way.’
A GoFundMe page set up by Jade’s friend to raise money for her two sons has raised more than £11,000 so far.
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