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Natalie McNallly was always busy. A marketing executive, she was often out with friends or at home with her beloved Alsatian, River, and her two cats. Natalie, who lived with diabetes, was close to her parents, Noel and Bernadette, and her...
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I’m pregnant!’ I cried, waving the positive test around in the air. It was October 2024, and my hands shook as I relayed the news to my partner Dana, then 28, who wrapped his arms around me. Already parents to our daughter, Alethea, then three,...
Turning the key, I pushed open the door to my new home. Boxes stacked around the freshly painted living room, I couldn’t wait to make it my own. It was October 2022 and, at 25, I’d worked hard to save up a deposit for the three-bedroom house. I...
Anna (surname withheld), 32 Taking a seat at the restaurant, I slipped off my sandals and picked up the chopsticks with my toes. Lifting the sushi to my mouth, I noticed people staring. As a young girl, the attention would have made me want...
Shrieking with glee, I splashed water at my brother Dylan, then nine. It was a sunny day, and we were cooling off in a blow-up pool in the front yard of our house. I was eight, and Dylan was my best friend. ‘Time to come inside,’ our mum Brenda,...
We always love to open your letters and emails. It’s so nice to hear from readers. In fact, once we hit print on an issue and send it out into the world, we don’t know much about what happens to it next. So it’s wonderful when you get in touch!...
A shy phone call led to a love story spanning an incredible 70 years. When Yvonne, now 91, applied for an office job at the New Zealand grocery store managed by David Corfield, 94, he was immediately smitten. Too nervous to ask her out in...
