Bury St Edmunds widow tells of husband's loss while pregnant

Sophie Ransom, of Bury St Edmunds, says she misses her husband Paul "every single day" after he died in a crash on May 24 last year. 

The mum-of-one says she lived on autopilot for a month following his death - but when she felt her baby kicking for the first time, she had a reason to carry on.

Sophie Ransom and her daughter Poppy (Image: SWNS) 

Now, she says she wakes up with the intention to “smile and laugh at least once a day” - despite thinking she could never be happy again. 

Sophie, a project manager, said: “Life as a young widow is hard - it’s the hardest thing I’ve ever done, and so exhausting.

“But there’s happiness in my life every single day - and a privilege I get to keep on living for my daughter.”

Sophie and Paul met in October 2016 - they were 19 years old and had matched on Tinder.

After exchanging a few messages, Paul asked Sophie out for a drink. 

“I said no at first,” she said. “Because I wasn’t just going to meet someone off a dating app.”

Sophie Ransom and husband Paul (Image: SWNS)

But the pair bumped into each other by chance several nights later, when Sophie was out with her flatmate at a bar. 

She said: “It was completely unplanned - we just met at a bar one night.

“It was lovely, he spent the whole night chatting to me and my friend - he came across as really kind.”

Paul and Sophie quickly began a relationship, and got engaged on October 6, 2021. 

Just over a month later, on November 13, they were married. 

On May 24, 2023, Ms Ransom was informed by police that Paul had been in a crash on his Suzuki motorbike and had died at the scene. 

Sophie gave birth to baby Poppy on October 28, 2023 - at 11.30pm, via C-section. 

The 26-year-old said: “I need to make life as good as it can be for me and Poppy.

“I wish he was here, every single day.

“But I make a conscious decision to get up - I have to try and keep going.”