I was in the best shape of my life when I was diagnosed with cancer at 33

I was in the best shape of my life when I was diagnosed with cancer at 33

It’s a weird thing to grieve the person you used to be,but also resent her for being so ungrateful.

  • byAimie Rigas

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The joy of new friendships that comes with having kids

The joy of new friendships that comes with having kids

Becoming a mother drew Patti Miller into friendships that have lasted well beyond the baby years.

  • byPatti Miller
Less than a month after I met my soulmate,I ended my 14-year marriage

Less than a month after I met my soulmate,I ended my 14-year marriage

He took her breath away and changed her life forever.

  • byAmanda Trenfield
After encountering a friend’s mum,I abandoned any domestic-goddess ambitions

After encountering a friend’s mum,I abandoned any domestic-goddess ambitions

Mrs Buckman had shown me a way of doing things that I didn’t even know existed. Nope,I thought. That’s not for me.

  • byKerri Sackville
Caroline Baum:‘My unforgettable afternoon with Lauren Bacall’

Caroline Baum:‘My unforgettable afternoon with Lauren Bacall’

“I found myself holding a tape around Lauren Bacall’s bust,waist,hips and along her arms,marvelling at her imperious way of getting what she wanted.”

  • byCaroline Baum
‘Mummy,what’s wrong?’:When a child turns rescuer

‘Mummy,what’s wrong?’:When a child turns rescuer

A strange noise coming from his mother’s bedroom was the start of a tragic journey for TV reporter Jason Om.

  • byJason Om
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After my husband died by voluntary euthanasia,I went searching for answers

After my husband died by voluntary euthanasia,I went searching for answers

An accident left him paraplegic at 13,but Bill went on to live a full life until his health began to fail. Dying on his own terms was his final request.

  • byCarolyne Lee
I wasn’t desperate to be married. Then I met someone who changed everything

I wasn’t desperate to be married. Then I met someone who changed everything

I hadn’t felt the need to worry about only being a bridesmaid and seeing my peers married before me. But Gordon was different from any man I had met.

  • byWendy McCarthy
‘I went speed dating and instead of a partner,I found my best friend’

‘I went speed dating and instead of a partner,I found my best friend’

It’s always possible to find new friends. Three women share the unlikely way they found friendship.

  • byDilvin Yasa
‘So many babies,none of them mine’:Not having a child when you dearly want one

‘So many babies,none of them mine’:Not having a child when you dearly want one

Dealing with stereotypes on top of the particular kind of grief that comes from wanting a child and not having one leads to a deep internal reckoning.

  • bySian Prior
A dead brother,a mystery,a family reunion – and the question he longed to ask

A dead brother,a mystery,a family reunion – and the question he longed to ask

For decades,a family death had remained an untouchable mystery. But when one sibling unearths new clues,it raises a question he barely dares to ask.

  • byPaul Dunne