A HEARTBROKEN boyfriend has paid a touching tribute to his late girlfriend after her shock death.
“Beloved” Cardiff teacher Emily Rose Browning, 24, suffered a fatal cardiac arrest in her sleep in December last year.
Emily Rose Browning and her boyfriend Jack Weston were together for six years before she died[/caption]
The teacher, 24, suffered from a cardiac arrest in December last year[/caption]
Jack has shared a heartfelt tribute to his late girlfriend[/caption]
Emily had just secured her first permanent job as a teacher and she and her boyfriend Jack Weston, 27, were just starting their lives together in Cardiff.
The pair had been together for six years, after meeting at a Cardiff student night out, and they had since made plans to get engaged.
However, over Christmas, Jack found Emily’s body in bed after she suffered a fatal cardiac arrest in their home in Pontcanna.
In an emotional tribute to his late girlfriend, Jack shared: “I remember when I first met Em back she just stood out to me a bit.
“She had what her dad calls the Ems effect, which was just that lasting impression on everyone she met, always putting a smile on people’s faces.
“She wasn’t not the centre of attention, but you always knew she was there and that was just something that I miss so dearly.”
Jack, from Worcester, was in the third year of his medical degree when Emily moved to Cardiff to study Criminology in 2017.
The pair saw each other on and off and Jack admitted he’d asked her out a few times before she’d said yes on May 16, 2018.
After spending the rest of their time in together at university, studying, and attending festivals, they moved in together in the summer of 2023.
Jack said one of his favourite things about Emily, who was from Midsomer Norton. was her sociability and that she could get on well with anyone – even if they’d just met.
With her social skills, love for kids, and interest in how minds can be shaped, the ones who knew her said Emily was going to be a fantastic teacher.
Jack said “how proud” he was of his “stunning” girlfriend when she finally managed to get her first permanent as a teacher at Gladstone Primary.
After completing a master’s in Criminology, working at various schools as a supply teacher, and finishing her PGCE it took 10 to 12 interviews for her to secure her place as staff at the Cardiff school.
In a heart-wrenching moment after she died, Jack asked to see the classroom that Emily had decorated, which is still laid out in the same way as when she was teaching.
Jack believes she had a lasting impact on the children she taught for the four or five months she spent with them.
The young kids were initially confused about where their teacher had gone, according to Gladstone Primary School’s headteacher Paula.
She said often the youngsters will look at the graveyard across from the school and say to eachother “Miss Browning’s over there.”
Jack shared that he knew for sure that Emily was “the one” and has faced some of the hardest times of his life since she passed.
He said he thinks about her from waking up to going to sleep and says it’s painful going to sleep in an empty bed.
After she died, Emily’s family, including Jack, set up a fundraising page to build a memorial garden at the Gladstone Primary School to remember her.
Only 10 days after the GoFundMe was launched, an incredible £17,000 was raised in her honour.
Friends of the young teacher are taking part in a range of physical challenge including half marathons, bike rides and triathlons – raising awareness and donations to the cause.
Even Emily’s parents are doing the Three Peaks Challenge where the participant attempts to climb the highest mountains of England, Scotland and Wales within 24 hours.
Jack said he feels proud of the fundraiser and said that it’s nice to do something with Emily’s family that keeps her memory alive.
If you want to contribute to Emily’s family’s GoFundMe appeal, click here.
Jack said Emily was ‘always putting a smile on people’s faces’[/caption]
She had just started her first permanent job as a teacher[/caption]
Friends and family have raised more than £18,000 since she passed away[/caption]
