The couple endured considerable heartache last year, when the 26-year-old suffered a miscarriage late in her pregnancy.

She wasn't willing to endure the humiliation and heartache which wedding that profligate rogue would entail.

The pair endured heartache together when Walsh suffered a miscarriage that was publicly announced in October 2010.

This is the story that asks the question: Can a woman who has endured heartache, death, disease, infidelity and evil not only survive 40 years of virtually unalloyed tsoris but also celebrate it?