Her husband Shane was only 27 when he died from a heart attack, with no warning.
Henry never had his dad there for Christmas mornings, first days of school, or first footy goals – all the moments that should have been theirs as a family.
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That day seemed ordinary. “We went to the footy club and had dinner with family. When we got home, I fed Henry while Shane fed the pets outside.” Tara recalls.
“He came in and said he wasn’t feeling a hundred per cent… would I mind if he went to bed? By the time I got there, he was gone.”
Shane had no obvious heart issues. “Nobody should ever have to spend days wondering why the father of their three-month-old baby has just died,” she says.
No family should have to go through what Tara and Henry have.