Sky Sports presenter Simon Thomas shares artistic photo of tragic wife and says she’s ‘free from pain’
Simon shared the emotional snap on Twitter of Gemma silhouetted against a sunset after facing his first Christmas alone with son Ethan
SKY Sports presenter Simon Thomas has released a heartbreaking photo of his tragic wife saying she is "free from pain".
The 44-year-old said wife Gemma would be "forever be with me" after she tragically lost her battle with cancer just three days after she was diagnosed with the cruel disease.
He posted a touching photo of Gemma, 40, silhouetted against a stunning sunset with a pram and another person next to her.
Simon wrote alongside it: "Out of the shadowlands and into the light. Forever with me but free from pain. #lightinthedarkness".
It comes just days after the former Blue Peter presenter revealed his tear-jerking present from eight-year-old son Ethan as they faced their first Christmas alone.
The brave youngster gave his father a mug emblazoned with the words "Dad is my hero".
Grieving Simon revealed Gemma had lost her battle to acute myeloid leukaemia last month, saying he was “crushed with indescribable pain”.
Gemma had only been diagnosed with the killer disease three days earlier when she went to the doctors after feeling unwell.
She began chemotherapy on Tuesday and despite initially responding well, her condition deteriorated and Simon was told on November 24 she had just hours to live.
The mum died later that night surrounded by friends and family.
Since the devastating news, Simon has shared a number of touching tributes to her from himself and their eight-year-old son Ethan.
After Gemma was laid to rest, Simon posted a heartbreaking photo of Ethan stood next to his mum's coffin.
Simon also paid tribute to his wife after the funeral with a heartwarming tweet saying: "Today we said goodbye. I'll always love you darl xx."
A few days ago, as Simon and Ethan face their first Christmas without her, he posted an emotional image of a broken mug with "Mummy" on with the words "Mummy. Broken."
One picture on Instagram of the three of them was captioned: “Team Thomas. Three has become two. Heartbroken and suffocating with grief.”
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Another showed a picture drawn by the youngster of his mum, next to which Ethan wrote: “Best mum ever!!!”
He previously of his son's grief, saying: "He said he wants Playmobil and other gifts for Christmas, but most of all 'I want mummy back', and I can't help him with that.
"My little boy had a little time with her but she wasn't able to speak to him. She passed away just before 6pm [on November 24]. There was a real sense of peace. Today is the hardest pain I have ever felt ever."
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