Donna Marett has lost one breast to cancer. Now her other breast must be removed. She tells Jo Knowsley she wants a reconstruction so she can feel like a womanly bride. When Sunshine Coast mum Donna Marett fell in love with Jason Penny, she was thrilled to have finally met the man of her dreams. […]

Sarah and I have been best friends for as long as I can remember. Tall, lean and tanned it is not difficult to see why Sarah has never been short of male attention. She was constantly bombarded with offers of dates which she regularly accepted only to get bored of her prospective partner a few […]

My daughter Anna had boyfriends regularly and they were all quite the same. They were young, awkward teenage boys who were overjoyed they had a girlfriend. I met Anna’s 19-year-old boyfriend, Lukas, for the first time at a small party she had for her 17th birthday. Lukas was absolutely gorgeous: tall, tanned, green eyes, broad […]

I had been in three serious relationships with men who were fantastic. But as for meeting all the criteria and my sexual life – none of them went all the way. I met my current boyfriend through the most random of introductions, and, as often with life’s funny ways, he turned out to be that […]

Gold Coast newlyweds Ari Dannenberger and Rachel Nancarrow tell Jo Knowlsey about the chastity promise that meant they didn’t even kiss until they married. As they read their vows aloud, there was one thing both Rachel Nancarrow and Ari Dannenberger were anticipating more eagerly than anything else: the moment they were named husband and wife […]

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Sydney schoolgirl Ruby King is one of just 60 children in the world to be struck with the deadly disease. Phillip Koch meets a special little girl who fought to beat the odds. When little Ruby King danced in her primary school concert in November, it marked the end of a terrifying seven-month ordeal for […]

Sydney Swans great Brad Seymour’s wife has been transformed from high-flying businesswoman to bed-ridden invalid. She tells Jacqui Lang of her battle. Until late last year, dynamic Sydney businesswoman, author and mother-of-two Melissa Seymour led a fast and exciting life. The wife of former Sydney Swans star Brad Seymour was running her own busy PR […]

In February of 2008 I met a girl online. She was living in America, I was living in Australia. I was about to turn 18, she told me she was 19 turning 20. We became fast friends and talked every day, nearly all day on Skype using microphones and I would get on my webcam […]

The father of a pregnant 12-year-old girl who is set to become one of Australia’s youngest ever mothers says he warned authorities she was at risk. News that the troubled young girl is six months pregnant to her 15 year old boyfriend has sparked outrage. NSW Community Services Minister Linda Burney admitted her department had […]