A 39-year-old mother of two spent her last months looking for a new partner for her husband who would appreciate him and her sons.

Clare Mauremootoo was identified as having motor neuronopathy, a disease that results in muscle weakness, in 2006.

There is presently no cure for the degenerative illness, which impairs a person’s ability to walk, speak, swallow, and breathe. Clare was devastated at the thought of being unable to provide for her 11-year-old husband John and their two sons, Ben and Jack.

She put a lot of time and effort into attempting to find John a new love, even setting him up on dates with nurses at Somerset’s Weston Hospice, where she spent her last two months.

Clare encouraged John, 52, to get ready for life without her despite his desire for her to be well enough to come home. She hoped he would find another woman to share his life with and who would help him take care of their two sons.

“She promised she would assist me in finding love,” he added.  She even started corresponding with hospice representatives in an effort to schedule a date for us.