Jess Redden has paid tribute to her late father on his birthday.
The model announced the death of her dad in a heartbreaking post back in September.
Taking to Instagram to mark would have been his birthday, the fitness influencer shared a throwback photo with her dad along with a poem.
She captioned the post: “Happy birthday Dad – you’ll always be my first love and my hero ❤️ x”
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The emotional poem read: “I laugh, I smile and then I cry. It comes in waves this broken heart of mine.”
“Without you here to see me grow it knocks me down to a new low. But then I wake and feel you by my side, with your angel wings gently pushing me to take the next stride.”
“A roundabout of emotion which I’m trying to navigate through, what I would give for five more minutes with you. The world is dark without you here but I know you wouldn’t want me to live in fear.”
“So I’ll live the bright moments and embrace the sunshine. Happy birthday daddy, I promise we’ll be just fine x”
The news comes after Jess admitted she was feeling homesick, after moving to Australia with her fiancé Rob Kearney.
The 28-year-old shared her plans to return home to Ireland in May to finish off her pharmaceutical studies.
