WHAT WAS MY SMILE HIDING?
Aug 02, 2022
5 minutes
WORDS: ASHLEIGH PAGE
Walking down the aisle in October 2021, wearing a grey dress and clutching a bouquet of flowers, I caught my husband’s eye as he stood next to our daughter Emma, then 12. John, then 42, blinked back tears as I tore my gaze away, swallowed the lump in my throat and stepped towards my seat at the front. My best friend Kara, then 39, walked confidently towards the altar, her gorgeous white dress flowing behind her. She looked beautiful and seeing the smile on her face as she greeted her husband-to-be, Gary, I knew I had made the right decision to keep a huge secret from her.
You see, less than 24 hours ago, I had been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Kara and I had been friends for
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