Madeline Gaudreau is honoring her late husband.
About two weeks after her husband, Matthew Gaudreau, died in a motorcycle crash alongside together with his brother, NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, the widow shared a touching tribute to him.
On Friday, Sept. 13, Madeline — who’s presently pregnant with the couple’s first baby, Tripp — posted a candy sundown shot of herself and Matthew sharing a kiss on the seashore on Instagram.
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She tagged her late husband within the picture and left him a easy message within the caption: “I like you a lot.”
Johnny and Matthew died in a bike crash in Oldmans Township, N.J., near their hometown of Salem County on Thursday, Aug. 29, PEOPLE beforehand confirmed. The brothers, who had been 31 and 29, respectively, had been reportedly of their hometown to function groomsmen of their sister Katie’s wedding ceremony on Friday, Aug. 30.
The pair had been biking on Nation Route 551 North simply after 8 p.m. when a driver suspected to be drunk tried to cross one other automobile and fatally hit the brothers, New Jersey State Police beforehand informed PEOPLE.
The driving force, Sean M. Higgins, was charged with two counts of dying by auto and arrested, and the investigation is ongoing, based on police.
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Days after the brothers’ deaths, Madeline stated she’s going to “preserve going” for Matthew and their unborn child boy.
Alongside a photograph of herself together with her late husband, which she posted on Instagram on Aug. 31, Madeline wrote, “I’ve no phrases. I simply miss you. I don’t know my life with out you. I’ve by no means skilled a ache like this. I’m so blessed you selected me to be your spouse… to like me. You’re the smartest thing about me.”
“I do know you’re watching down in simply as a lot ache as I’m trying up. I’ll preserve going for you and our son,” she continued. “I like you a lot Matthew.”
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Together with Madeline, who’s due in December, Johnny’s widow, Meredith Gaudreau, can also be pregnant.
On the brothers’ memorial service on Monday, Sept. 9, Meredith introduced that she is 9 weeks pregnant together with her and Johnny’s third child.
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Whereas talking on the service, Madeline addressed her sister-in-law instantly. “Meredith, I’m so sorry that we are going to perpetually share this bond,” she stated. “The boys couldn’t have picked stronger girls as wives and moms of their kids.”
“There may be one particular person on this world that is aware of the precise feeling I’m feeling, and that’s you, and for that I’m sorry. The lack of a husband, a father, our consolation,” she continued. “I promise I’ll all the time be there for you and the youngsters and that we are going to honor the lives of our husbands collectively, hand in hand, alongside their household and associates.”
