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“I don't know anyone else that I am married to married … never married and widow.”
Growing in Birmingham, Tania went to Coventry to check at Pomrooy University. When she reached her scholar corridor, she didn’t know that the woman, Charlotte Thomas, would sooner or later develop into his spouse within the subsequent room.
They married on 23 September 2023, the day they met.
But 5 months later, in February 2024, Charlotted died, Tania left a widow on the age of 24.
“I think you really never come to many young widows, so I really felt really different,” he mentioned.
Tania had by no means skilled sorrow on this approach earlier than and mentioned that he felt that his reminiscence was erased from that point.
“In the very beginning I was just going on autopylat and then you have all the secondary disadvantages of relationships with others,” he mentioned.
“I finally needed to go away my job too.
“When you lose your person, it is not only the person you lose, it is yourself and everything that you, you, makes you in this process.”

But there was a small mild at nighttime for him – making movies and posting them on-line.
He began making YouTube movies in 2020 and after the launch of Tikok, began posting related materials there.
In the weeks after Charlot's dying, he posted a video, during which the information was shared, along with his footage in his marriage ceremony attire.
To date, it’s greater than 7.8 million Scene.
“I think it was almost to me when a part of my life was normal … I am guessing that I picked up the camera and did it,” Tania mentioned.
“I remember seeing this response and seeing such a response: 'Oh my cow, look at all these comments.'
“I solely posted it for family and friends … just a few thousand followers.”

Next year, Tania continued to post on the app, shifting a lot to share his content and talk about his mental health.
His followers grew and he said that many belong to their experience.
“I’ve created a small group of fellow Grievers there that I actually discover it so nutritious,” he mentioned.
“It actually reveals you that you’re not alone; there are different people who find themselves 24 years outdated and widows, it’s not simply you.”
He said that support had helped him greatly in his grieving journey.
He said, “I used to be welcomed with such open arms and now it's nice that I’ve made a spot the place I can welcome different folks with open weapons,” she mentioned.
“If something has come out of optimistic, it’s undoubtedly a type of issues.”

After more than a year of his wife's death, Tania, now 25, began to include his hobbies and interests in their content for her approximately 200,000 followers.
She went backpacking in Thailand in January – a visit that wanted to do a cross.
“She can be so shocked that I’ve completed it … however she can even really feel actually proud that I get out of there and looking out on the world and hope to share a bit of together with her … We are going to do lots to catch,” she said.
Tania said that posting about Charlot helped to keep her memory alive.
He said, “I at all times referred to as her my incense as a result of she was simply the most popular particular person and he or she had essentially the most form coronary heart; she was very brave and he or she made life so enjoyable and thrilling and made you cheerful to reside,” she said.
Looking forward, she said that she wants to raise awareness about sorrow and mental health and also share her life.
“A widow is a widow, regardless of whether or not you’re 25 or you’re 75,” she mentioned.
“Everyone goes to expertise grief sooner or later, so if we speak extra about it and it’s a little much less forbidden, we are going to understand that we’re all going into the identical boat, and we can assist and help one another.”
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