Vogue Australia

HEART STRONG

Of all the things I thought I would be doing on the day my life was about to change forever, cutting the fringe tassels from my floor rug was not one of them. I had just answered the door to my neighbour who explained she had just read on the community Facebook page that a man had been pulled unconscious from the water at Palm Beach reef. I thanked her, closed the door and went back to trimming the rug.

The man would, in fact, turn out to be my partner of eight years, Alex ‘Chumpy’ Pullin, 32, who, just an hour earlier had kissed me farewell on the driveway of our

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