Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell‘s widower, Eldridge Toney, remains to be battling along with her absence two months after her tragic demise.
The media character, greatest referred to as Mama June‘s oldest daughter, misplaced her battle with stage 4 adrenal carcinoma in December 2023. Her demise left a large gap within the hearts of her family members, along with her husband unable to sleep of their marital bed room.
Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell’s Husband Is Slowly Therapeutic Amid His Grief
Toney lately opened up about his emotional state amid Cardwell’s demise, revealing he solely simply discovered the emotional power to begin his therapeutic journey. Step one concerned placing away his late spouse’s belongings after leaving them untouched since her demise.
“I haven’t been within the bed room as a result of all the things was simply how she left it,” he shared. “The final evening we have been within the bed room was really the day earlier than she had determined to go to hospice.”
“All these emotions which are drained with that room down there, particularly with all her stuff being precisely the way it was once we have been there…,” Toney continued, confessing that it was difficult to enter their bed room. In his phrases:
“It was simply arduous to go down within the room, and I really feel prefer it was like one main factor that was type of, like, giving me nervousness about the home, however it type of was in the identical sense time.”
Toney understood that he couldn’t transfer ahead with out sorting Cardwell’s belongings and needed to begin the emotional course of. He mentioned: “We’ve two closets within the bed room, and I folded all of her garments and put it in bins and a variety of different issues that have been essential to her. I hung up her wedding ceremony gown, and I closed the door.”
He continued: “I’ve entry to it, however it’s not out anymore the best way she had left it. So yeah, I acquired all the things within the again closet with the door closed, however I did omit some stuff, you already know, she had out that I needed to maintain out.”
Regardless of his willingness to reorganize the couple’s house, Toney confessed that he couldn’t get an excellent evening’s relaxation of their bed room. “I’m going to work in direction of it,” he defined, including:
“It’s a course of, however some days I’ll simply go in there and lay down. I received’t fall asleep, however I simply spent a while in there. I’m gonna preserve spending extra time within the room in order that after I do make the choice to sleep in there, it received’t be so proper in my face.”
Earlier than this heart-to-heart interview with PEOPLE, Toney beforehand informed the outlet how Cardwell’s demise had affected his life. “It retains hitting me once more,” he mentioned of his grief on the time. “It’s going to be rather a lot completely different.”
Toney admitted that the considered “going again to our house with no Anna and with out the ladies” was tough to just accept. Moreover, he acknowledged that waking as much as discover Cardwell lacking was painful. “It’ll be very lonely,” he added. “It’s getting tougher.”
Anna ‘Chickadee’ Cardwell Secretly Received Married 9 Months Earlier than Her Demise
Cardwell and Toney secretly tied the knot 9 months earlier than her demise, as revealed by their wedding ceremony certificates. Their marriage file confirmed the couple mentioned their vows on March 4, 2023, in Wilkinson County, Georgia.
Cardwell reportedly pushed to have the ceremony with Toney after studying of her most cancers analysis in January 2023. She wished to get married whereas she felt sturdy sufficient to take part within the occasion.
Per her needs, she and Toney acquired hitched in March, the identical month she was mentioned to have began present process chemotherapy. The marriage ceremony was an intimate affair, with the couple’s shut members of the family in attendance.
The digital camera crew recording footage for her household’s WE TV actuality present, “Mama June: From To not Sizzling,” additionally attended the occasion. Earlier than her demise, Cardwell didn’t welcome any kids with Toney; nonetheless, she has two daughters from a earlier relationship.
Toney isn’t the one liked one who’s scuffling with Carwell’s tragic passing. Her daughters, Kaitlyn and Kylee, have been reportedly additionally struggling to deal with their mom’s demise. In December, sources claimed the household was contemplating searching for remedy to assist the ladies navigate via the grieving course of.
In response to insiders, Kaitlyn, who’s now within the custody of her grandmother, Mama June, actively supported her mom throughout her battle with most cancers. The little lady ensured she took her medication and offered fixed companionship.
