Meet our Families
The Anschuetz family
I believe in magic, I always have, but there was a time where I lost that belief. I lost my passion, my love for the world and worst of all, my hope for my children.
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On 9 December 2015, our life was turned upside down – and nothing has been the same since. On that day, the love of my life and the father of our three beautiful boys, was given a life sentence, at only 46 years old.
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We lost my husband Stu on 6 February 2018. He died as a result of a head injury, when he fell from a roof he was repairing. Our children, Harrison and Sienna, were seven and five at the time.
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Peter was a great father to Angelina and Marco, and they have kissed their father goodnight and have said I love you to him in the air before bed every night since his funeral.
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We were five days into Spring, the season of new beginnings when my husband Daniel died instantly in a motorbike accident.
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Our family’s experience with grief began on the morning of 27th December 2006 when my beautiful 15 year old son, Luke, died.
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My husband, Bobby, passed away in March 2015. He took his own life and it was a huge shock for everybody. He was the last person you would ever have expected to do such a thing and we will never understand it.
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On the 18th of March 2015, our lives changed forever! My husband and Zach’s Dad passed away after a very short battle with cancer.
Continue readingThe Kinder Family
When I first heard about Camp Magic®, my first reaction was, there is no way I would be able to get my 16-Year-old daughter, Charlie to go.
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Peter was a loving husband and father of 3 girls. General Manager of a textile laundry business with over 85 employees at North Rocks...
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Have you ever wondered what the emotion is when you open the door at 3am to find police officers standing there?...
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At approximately 4pm on 21st February 2014 we were ushered into a waiting room while 30 medical staff bustled around our little girl...
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Libby Day was a loving wife, Mum, daughter, sister, and friend. 28th July 2009 is a day I don’t forget. It was the day Libby was diagnosed with Breast Cancer...
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Our story, Life was great! Craig had celebrated his 40th birthday; I was 37 years and pleased to still have a few years before celebrating mine.
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Wendy, Bailey, Preston and Bella, share their Magic Journey Experience
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July 23rd 2012 is a day I wish I could forget. It was the day my whole world fell apart. My precious daughter, Emma, lost her life in a horrific car accident...
Continue readingThe Bugallo Family
When we received the heartbreaking news that the cancer had spread to Kim’s liver that dream got further away. We were told to plan for the worst.
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After I ran into Trenton again at our mutual friends gig (12 months after the first gig that we had me at). I really couldn’t get him out of my head.
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December 2005 my husband Mark and I went to the skin cancer clinic for a check up. We received a call on Christmas Eve advising that a biopsy he had taken was positive
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When our toddler Marmaduke was diagnosed with cancer, my wife Millsom and I tried our best to process the shock and fear, but we couldn’t predict the relentless nature of the journey ahead of us.
Continue readingThe Webster Family
"I’m going to the doctor, to go back on medication”. It was a normal Saturday morning in September, 2012. I knew what Paul meant, despite not requiring or using medication for the last 19 years.
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