Adrian Chiles has spoken about how he received a powerful text after his father’s death (Image: Getty)
has opened up about being “floored” by a life-changing text from a family friend . In his Guardian column, the 57-year-old presenter reflected on the impact of writing about personal experiences and sharing them with the public.
He expressed gratitude for the “privilege” to “share random stuff” with readers, which has now been compiled into a book. Delving into his latest piece, Adrian pondered not only his column but also the profound life lessons it has brought him.
A particularly poignant moment came after he penned an article about his father’s passing, which prompted a nurse named Angela from Neath to offer him a new perspective on witnessing death.
recounted: “When my dad died, I don’t know how I’d have coped if I hadn’t had the opportunity to write about it. That said, writing about it also led to more pain.”
Adrian Chiles has written in the past about the impact his father’s death had on him (Image: Getty)
continued, revealing the message that struck him deeply: “An old friend of our family, Angela, a nurse from Neath, read what I wrote about how horrifyingly unprepared I was to be with Dad as he lay dying.”
She sent him a powerful text: “She sent me a text that completely floored me. She said we should try to see it as a privilege to be with someone as they died.”, reports .
shared the transformative effect of her words: “Rarely do you read or hear something that utterly reframes how you see things. If you were with someone as they were born, as they came into the world, you’d feel it was a privilege, so why not see it the same way if you’re with them as they leave this world? “.
“No one, least of all Angela, was saying it’s easy, but if I’d managed to channel even a tiny bit of this thought it might all have been a bit less awful.”
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found solace in being able to pass on the advice, hoping it could provide some comfort to others in their darkest times. The Radio 5 Live presenter reflected on his father’s death earlier this year, revealing that he couldn’t focus on anything else but his loss.
He admitted that despite a lifetime of worrying about his father’s eventual passing, he was utterly unprepared when it happened, confessing: “All my life I’d worried about my dad dying… but 50 years of worrying about it was properly pointless. Imagining – let’s call it pre-feeling – this pain turned out to be no preparation at all for the real thing.”