In a strange way cancer saved my life. My Mum was diagnosed with fairly advanced ovarian cancer two weeks after my twins were born. I will never forget the phone call when I found out that this woman that I love and respect so much would have to battle cancer….
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- Terrorism has become the systematic weapon of a war that knows no borders or seldom has a face. - Jacques Chirac, 2013/05/23
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- People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. - George Orwell, 2013/05/22
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