Lydia Williams, 44, lives with her husband Chris, 50, and their two children, Amelie, 14, and Arlo, 11. Every day, Amelie would come bursting through the front door, full of energy. Her life was a bus

My beautiful son is turning strangers’ stares into smiles

While my hero was losing his fight, I had a battle of my own

Sitting beside the hospital bed where my 15-year-old daughter Leoni lay, I clutched her hand. ‘It’s cancer,’ I said, fighting back tears. Seeing her bewildered face staring back at me, my heart broke.

I’d vowed to stop at nothing to help my husband but as the devastating news kept coming, time was running out.

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