SARA STORER
THIS COLLECTION OF LOVE LETTERS WILL HAVE YOUR HEART RACING AND BREAKING
Aussie actor Samuel Johnson, who lost his beloved sister Connie to cancer, has curated the beautiful book Dear Lover
– a collection of love letters from some of Australia’s well-known personalities. It’s the fourth in the Dear series and will raise money for cancer research. In this exclusive extract, Golden Guitar-winning singer-songwriter Sara Storer shares the note she penned to her husband, David O’Hare, with whom she shares four kids.
Do you ever wonder sometimes about … why you and why me? How a little boy growing up in the hustle and bustle of inner Sydney would someday cross paths with a little girl from a farm in The Mallee, Vic. Was it fate or in the stars, or did the angels help … were we meant to be all along? I can hear you now saying, “That’s the storyteller you” … but I often wonder about this and whether there were angels giving us a little shove in the right direction. When I hear of great loves coming to an end, I think could this ever be us? Here, right now, I say we are forever and I can’t see it any other way. To think of losing you, for whatever reason, ignites the start of heartache, so let’s change the subject. What I love about you most is the way you treat me and our boys. We always feel so safe and top priority.
I love that you mow the lawns (so I don’t have to) and x things I cannot. I love that you always encourage me to sing even when I start to doubt myself. When I stop singing my leaves start to wilt. Your encouragement is like throwing blood and bone on me. You know deep down it makes me happy … simple … black and white. Just so you know, I never get tired of seeing you every day. I never get tired of having my rst co ee with you in the morning or a red wine at night. Most of all … I never tire watching you love and raise our boys. Crossing paths or stars aligning, or angels’ help … I met my ‘one of a kind’. (Out now)