Iremember I was in the car, driving to my sister's house. My phone rang, it was one of my girlfriends.

I answered, chirpy and about to gush about how I'd just met my baby nephew for the first time and was on my way for more cuddles - but the tone of her voice stopped me cold.

She asked me to call her back once I'd gotten home, not keen to distract me with some bad news while I was driving.

But I pulled into a service station instead, insisting she tell me then. She broke down as she relayed the news that our beautiful friend Paula, had just been diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer. Time stood still.

I had so many questions but was also completely lost for words. Parked in the middle of a suburban petrol station, I burst into tears, as I tried to digest the devastating ne

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