Candice is a freelance feature writer and editor for Take 5. She has been a journalist for over 20 years, working for The Sunday Times and The Sun newspapers before joining the Take 5 team in 2008. She also teaches yoga and is a mum to two boys.
Simone Denny, 49, Waiheke Island, NZ, tells her remarkable story.. Music blared and I swayed along to it, staring out at the Hong Kong skyline across the water. “Thanks,” I said, to the acquaintance I’d been chatting to, who’d recommended I see her favourite psychic. “I’ll give her a try.” It was 2005 and I’d […]
Donna Freed, 55, shares her surprising discovery with Take 5: My sister narrowed her eyes at me. “You know we were all adopted, right?” Leah*, nine, said. She knew I had no idea. I stood rooted to the floor in the doorway of her bedroom, as shock washed over me. It was 1973 and I […]