Anita is grateful for a second chance at life thanks to a stranger
Anita Demchenko, 46, Pimpama, Qld
Putting pen to paper, tears streamed down my face.
I want you to know I’m always so proud of you, love always, Mum… I penned, adding the letter to the stack next to me.
It was January 2018, and I’d spent the last two hours writing letters to my children Mercedez, then 15, Alyssa, 11, Joshua, three, and Aaliyah, one.
There was one for every birthday, school graduation, wedding day and milestone I’d miss after being given just six to 12 months to live.
I’d written notes to my husband Kallam, then 30, too.
My health had declined rapidly after a bout of adult whooping cough seven years earlier.
I fought it…