14.I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang.It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the hospital,for my wife Mary (61)was taken/had been taken (take) to hospital,and when I arrived doctors were trying to make(62)her(she) come back to consciousness,but it was no good.
I explained to my(63)children(child) that Mummy had died.Within hours they were running around the garden,(64)chatting (chat) with their granddad while I was in a deep sorrow.I went through the motions of being a dad---cooking,cleaning,washing-but inside I felt hollow.One of the hardest things(65)to cope (cope) with was that the boys had lost their mother.Mary and I were everyone's favorite couple.The physical loss of not having her around was(66)extremely (extreme) painful.For a year,I was in the(67)depth/depths (deep) of misery.Then I decided that we had to get through this.I began to late Emma,(68)whohad been a childhood friend,and Mickey couldn't wait for us to get married so he could call her Mum.It wasn't long before George warmed to her,too---she is wonderful with them.Two years later we got married and life started to look rosy.Emma and I have had two boys to add(69)toour family.
We all have the concept that our lives are following (70)aparticular path,but sometimes it turns out it's not going that way.