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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
Health
Anita Beaumont

We are family: Sleapy's support continues after young mother's death

Sara Johnston and Chris Wilson with Maddison, 4, Carter, 19 months, Jack, 6, and Isaac, 8, at their Edgeworth home. Picture by Peter Lorimer

WHEN Cassie Johnston was diagnosed with a rare but aggressive cancer in 2019, she wanted to make sure her two children would be well looked after if - or rather when - she died.

She moved back to Newcastle from Cairns to be closer to her family, and her children - Jack and Maddison - began staying with her sister, Sara, every second weekend.

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