Life after cancer: ‘I’m just not about stress any more.'
Jo Mannering had been for her share of regular check-ups before a 5cm tumour was discovered in her breast.
She was stunned. She wondered if she would die. “My most important things were, will my children be okay?"
Now nearly three years clear of cancer, Mannering is one of the 1000 participants and spectators who gathered for Thursday’s Breast Cancer Research Trust Pink Walk & Run at Hamilton Lake Domain.
Beggars at supermarkets, shopping complexes.
This whole scenario is out of control. I do not carry cash, ever, only my card. I have tried to help 2 saying they were hungry: purchased items and gave. Later saw the items just lying on the footpath.(Dinsdale Shopping Centre). Yesterday, I had to trip over another two, to shop at Woolworths/CountDown in Te Rapa). WHY are these people doing this? Welfare care is available. I have to think they are just scammers now - they should be stopped from harassing customers for money.
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We're talking new year resolutions...
Tidying the house before going to bed each night, meditating upon waking or taking the stairs at work.
What’s something quick, or easy, that you started doing that made a major positive change in your life?