Sitting at my computer, I stared at the message I’d rewritten many times, trying to get the tone right. I didn’t want it tO sound all doom and gloom, but I didn’t want it to seem too flippant, either. But then, I’d never imagined I’d have to email a group of my closest friends to tell them I had cancer, especially just weeks before my wedding. Pressing Send, I felt my heart race as I wondered who’d be the first to reply.
My friend Caroline’s email pinged in my inbox almost straight away. ‘You’ve got this,’ she’d written.
‘We’re all behind you,’ another mate, Hannah, messaged. But three friends, Rachel, Sophie and Nicola were noticeable in their silence. Days turned into weeks, and still nothing. These were girls I’d grown…
