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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Lizzie Cernik

How we met: ‘She accosted me and told me she’d looked me up on Facebook’

Natalie and Beccy in 2023.
‘She accosted me in this very charming way’ … Natalie and Beccy in 2023. Photograph: Supplied image

When Beccy’s cousin suggested they go to an open day at a local farm, she jumped at the chance. “We live in a small rural area called South Glengarry in Ontario. She told me about this woman who rescues animals and was raising money through a visiting day,” she says. “We got there and she had so many animals and beautiful gardens. I was impressed.”

They tried to find Natalie, the farm owner, to say hello, but she was nowhere to be found. Instead, Beccy looked up the rescue centre on Facebook to learn more. A few months later, in the autumn of 2017, she mentioned the farm visit to some friends. “They told me they knew Natalie and suggested we all get together for dinner with her and her husband.”

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