WON’T BEAT US!

miracle might happen, for my mental health anyway. I don’t want to be a fantasist.

“I could pretend and say I’m going to get through this but I would rather be the best mum and wife and person I can be.they say I’ve hopefully got about 10 years.

“You know when people say we are all going to die, you could get hit by a bus? The difference is you never know that bus is coming.when you’re in my position the bus sounds like a nice option.

“The fact that I hug my three-year-old and think, ‘I won’t see you finish school, I won’t know your children’. That’s the hardest.

“It can feel very hollow, so you just try and stuff as much love and life into it. I love my husband and children. That’s my happy place.”

She says of the photoshoot: “I want a picture of my body out there that doesn’t make me cry. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity. It was like reclaiming myself, being part of something bigger, something symbolic.”

● This photoshoot was sponsored by Valspar Paint to celebrate its partnership with the Pink Ribbon Foundation, with two exclusive pink paints created to raise money for breast cancer charities. For more information or to make a donation, go to pinkribbonfoundation.org.uk