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A dying mother spent her final weeks teaching her husband how to raise their two toddlers alone

The Daily Mail reports on the story of a dying mother who spent her final weeks teaching her husband how to raise their two toddlers alone.

When Jemma Oliver, aged just 29, found out she was dying of cancer she knew her heartbroken husband Jason would struggle with the daily domestic chores as well as bringing up two young children. So in her last days she trained Jason to master all the tasks she had done for Keaton, four, and Codi, two.

And she left a list of instructions to make sure her two little children would be brought up just as she wanted after she had gone. Jemma even brought in a qualified hairdresser to teach Jason how to do a French plait in little Codi's hair.

Jason, 32, said: 'Jemma thought of everything and then organised me so that I would be able to cope.

'She spent every minute of her last days planning how she wanted the children to grow up.

'She decided which schools she wanted the children to go to - and left instructions on buying the right clothes for Codi. Jemma made me promise I would take her sisters shopping with me because they would know what she'd like for Codi.'

'When she was really poorly I took time off work to look after the children. They were easy compared to the housework. I didn't know how to turn on the dishwasher and I wasn't sure which washing went into which load. The house was total chaos until she took me in hand. Then slowly and patiently, Jemma told me what to do. She taught me how to do everything for the children - and for my sake too.'

Read more in the Daily Mail