WOULD I END UP LIKE DAD?

As the crowd erupted into cheers around us, my dad Bill, then 70, and I jumped up with excitement, too. It was October 2019 and Dad and I were at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Huge rugby fans, we loved watching the games together and we’d decided to treat ourselves to this once-in-a lifetime trip. It was nice to spend quality time with Dad. At 33, I worked as a solicitor and was married to my husband Joe. Life was busy, so spending the week just the two of us, watching the game we loved, felt extra special.

But while the holiday was a lot of fun, it was on that trip that