Teresa Enke, widow of Germany’s former National Transporter Robert Enke, has discovered for the first time, 17 years after his death, that on the last day of his life, he had visited their daughter Larra’s grave, where he had left a message: Laura, Daddy’s coming.

Teresa Enke confessed to this at the podcaster Wie gehtés?

She also remembered the last evening they had together. While sitting on the couch, Robert hugged her, kissed her, and told her that he loved her. As Teresa confessed, at that point she felt that her husband was finally recovering.

The couple had experienced a serious loss some years earlier. Their daughter, Lara, born with a heart defect, had passed away in September 2006 at the age of two. Robert Enke died on November 10, 2009.

I know his handwriting.

Teresa related that on the last day of his life, Robert had stopped at the cemetery and had written the words “Laira, Dad is coming inside his heart set on their daughter’s grave.

According to her, Robert’s mother had claimed to be the one who had written those words, but Teresa denied it, stressing that she was familiar with the writing of her husband’s hand.

For Teresa, this message was evidence that Robert had never fully agreed to their daughter’s death.

I don’t think Robbie faced that loss properly, Teresa Enke said, adding that after Lara’s death, they had not asked for help but had just continued mourning together.

When Gosens asked if the soccer world at that time was not yet ready to speak up about mental health and mental illness, Teresa responded favorably.

Robert Enke, goalkeeper of Hannover 96 and part of the German National, who won the silver medal at the 2008 European Championship, suffered years of depression, which he had kept secret from the public.

After his death, Teresa founded the Robert Enke Foundation, which aims to help those who suffer from depression and raise awareness of the importance of mental health. /Telegraph/