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My near-death experience Made Me A Mum

Rachel Toyer, 40, Adelaide, SA

Shaking a pot of pink nail varnish, I took Sue’s frail hand in mine.

‘I’ll paint your nails,’ I told her.

‘Thanks, darling,’ she smiled, grateful.

Sue* was my friend’s mother. She lived in a nursing home as she had advanced Alzheimer’s.

I visited her every week and took

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