Anne Orchard is a life coach based in Dorset, UK, whose areas of expertise include offering support to those affected by illness or death of a loved one and helping them to rebuild their lives.
Following the death of her mother from cancer in 1991, and her mother-in-law’s experience of breast cancer in 2004, Anne became [...]

There was no sign or warning
No writing on the wall
A day like any other …
When cancer came to call
 
It grew inside your body
A tumour, starting small
In time the doctor told you
That cancer came to call
 
I fight against the knowing
“It can’t be true,” I bawl
But I can’t mend you, though I try
For cancer came to call
 
The [...]