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One year on – fiancée Adrienne Watkins on life without Mark Pilgrim

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A year after Mark Pilgrim’s death his fiancée, Adrienne Watkins, says she’s living intentionally after realising how fragile life is. (PHOTO: Papi Morake)
A year after Mark Pilgrim’s death his fiancée, Adrienne Watkins, says she’s living intentionally after realising how fragile life is. (PHOTO: Papi Morake)

It’s the little things that constantly remind her that he’s no longer here – movie nights at home, making dinner together, going for walks in the park.

Just as she feels she’s turning a corner in her grieving process and doing a little better, something happens that triggers her and it feels like she’s back at square one again.

“But in a way that’s special,” Adrienne Watkins says. “It reminds me of how much I had and how lucky I was to have something so wonderful even though it’s gone.”

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