Power Of Positivity

Life’s thrown us a curveball but we’re not giving up

Emma Park, 51, Dromana, Vic. My phone rang with an unknown number. “Just a telemarketer again,” I said knowingly to my long-haired miniature Dachshund, Russell, and didn’t answer it. I was sitting in bed doing some admin work as a windy thunderstorm raged outside. It was November 3, 2022, and my partner Pete, 48, had left for work a few hours earlier. A pastry chef by trade, his work had fizzled out during COVID so he’d taken up scaffolding instead. Pete and I had known each other for 20 years but had been together for two, and he’d moved in with me three months earlier. We both had kids from previous relationships but only my son Al, 20, was living with us at the time. My phone rang again and…

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