TOM Parker's widow Kelsey has told of the heartbreaking decision to take off her wedding ring.
The 33-year-old said it "felt really painful" every time she looked down to see the band given to her by her late husband.
Tom died in March 2022 two years after being diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumour known as glioblastoma multiforme.
Kelsey has been bravely bringing up their two little girls Aurelia and Bodhi while grieving for her childhood sweetheart.
Revealing a milestone in her healing process today, Kelsey told her followers: "I wanted to share something with you all this evening. It’s something I’ve been thinking long and hard about for a while now, and as we end the first week of a new year, I have decided to take off my rings.
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"It felt really painful every time I looked at them and I have been torturing myself over when will be the right time.
"I know now there will never be a right or wrong time, but there does have to come a point in my life when I remove them.
"Of course I’ll always be Tom’s, he’ll always be in my heart and I know I will forever be in his, but right now, in this world I’m not married anymore as much as that breaks my heart to admit."
She added: "Sometimes I wonder if I’ve left them on too long and other times I think I just expected to wear them forever.
"How do I protect and honour my marriage to Tom while not living in the past?!"
Kelsey is now thinking about ways to re-use her rings to keep them in the family.
"I’m not sure what I’m going to do with them yet," said.
"One day I’d love for Rae to have them, but right now I want to do something special with them. I’m not ready to totally let go of them.
"I’ve thought about wearing them around my neck or framing them and putting them in the space I create with Tom’s music stuff. Does anyone else have any other ideas or thoughts on this?
"Please do send me any ideas you have of what I could do with my rings, and no hate please! I want 2024 to be a positive year and I have no space for negative energy or comments. Love and light xxx."
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