What happens when your entire future is put on hold before you’ve even had the chance to begin it?
At 29, Casey was newly married, back at uni studying health science, and trying to start a family. From the outside, life looked hopeful. But behind the scenes was the quiet grief of miscarriages and fertility struggles.
Then one ordinary morning, standing on a street before brunch, she felt a lump.
Five days later came the diagnosis.
Treatment took over her life, survival became the only priority, and the future she’d imagined, especially motherhood, suddenly felt out of reach. What she discovered was unexpected kindness, shifting relationships, and a perspective she still carries today: not sweating the small stuff, because she’s lived through what actually matters.
This is a story about fear, resilience, and the strange way life sometimes gives back what you thought you’d lost, but not before changing you completely.
Casey Nott is a contemporary fiction author. Her stories celebrate women and explore the challenges they face in modern society. Casey draws inspiration from her own experiences, including her experience of surviving cancer, specifically in her second novel The Five Stages of Grace.
For more information about Casey and her novels, please visit: https://www.caseynott.com/
Follow her on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caseywritesstories/.
For support with cancer, please visit: https://www.cancer.org.au/support-and-services.
The article Casey referenced in her interview can be found here: Are you in tune with your life season?
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