Reader’s Digest International — August 2017

32 | August• 2017

DRAMA IN REAL LIFE

BY HELEN SIGNY

One

Breath

Away

Daniel Miller promised his wife,

Saimaa, he’d never leave her.

But could he stay alive

until help arrived?

W

henSaimaaMillerfirst

seteyesonherfuture

husband, Daniel, she

wasattractedbyhissto-

icism.AfriendofherbuilderinBondi,

Sydney,he’djoinedthemfordrinks

thedayhisdoghaddied.He is the sort

of man I’d like to be with,shethought.

Afewmonthslater,shewalkedoutof

her Bondi naturopathy practice and he

was standing outside, waiting for her.

Sheknewatthatmomenthewouldbe

herpartnerforlife.

They soon moved in together and

before long, in 2007, had found the

perfect property in Charlotte Bay, on

the NSW mid-north coast. Daniel,

a qualified builder and landscaper,

could develop the land into a yoga re-

treat and one day they could imagine

their children running around its grassy

paddocks.