Tributes to ‘beautiful’ mum, 26, who died just hours after playing and laughing with her kids in garden
TRIBUTES have flooded in for a “beautiful” mum who took her own life just hours after playing with her kids in the garden.
Jade Roberts, 27, sent a video with her two boys, now aged two and three, to her cousin before she was discovered dead in April last year.
She also left a letter to her loved ones which was later discovered in a diary.
Her mum Tracey Roberts has now said her daughter suffered from anxiety and depression but she was not aware how serious the problem was.
She told the Liverpool Echo: “My life will never be the same again because Jade is my first little girl, she was my first one. I’ve got three children.
“My heart has been ripped out and the pain, I’ve never experienced pain like it in my life.”
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Tracey said she never thought “for one minute” Jade would end her own life as she loved her children and family.
The trained psychotherapist is now setting up a mental health charity in honour of her daughter called Jade’s Place.
It will offer workshops on anxiety, depression, self-harm and suicide prevention and provide counselling and psychotherapy.
A Gofundme page has been launched to help set up the new charity.
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Tracey said: “I think what’s opened my eyes as a mum is not being able to see it because I was with Jade that day. I was with her until 4 o’clock, I left at 4 o’clock to go to work and I didn’t see any signs.
“It’s opened my eyes because you can see a broken leg, you can see a black eye, but you can’t see what’s going on in someone’s mind and I never ever thought for one minute that Jade would have done what she did.”
If you are affected by any of the issues raised in this article, please call the Samaritans for free on 116123.