Reader’s Digest Australia & New Zealand – May 2019

6 | May• 2019

Letters

READERS’ COMMENTS AND OPINIONS

HumourtoHeal

I reallyenjoyedDavidSmiedt’ssenseof
humouronwhatis a veryserioussubject

(‘So,AnyoneHereGotCancer?’
November).Atthetimeofsuchadversity,
humouris oneofthefewthingstogetyou

throughdarktimes.It wouldbegoodif his
comedyshowFindingChemowasfilmed
andmadeavailablethroughcancer

organisations.It couldbea therapeutic tool
forthosefacingthelongjourneyto

recovery.I lostmywifetocancersothis
request comes from the heart.ROBERT EFFORD

MrFixIt

Therepaircafémovementisa great
idea.I canrelateto‘TheQuestto
BuyLess’(March).Myhusband,
John,refusestobuyanythingnew
whenanolditemcanberepaired.
Friendsandfamilyknowhimas
‘MrFixIt’becauseif it isbroken,he
willfixit.Oddsandendsmayhave
beensquirrelledawayfor 40 years,
butJohnwilleventuallyfinda use
forthem.WhenI askforthingstobe
thrown out, his response is: “It may

comeinhandysometime.”Onmany

occasionsthishascometofruition,

so I’ve learned to bitemytongue.

DENISE TARRANT 

BondofFamily

MybrotherdiedwhenI wasthree

andeversinceI havebeendrawn

tostoriesabouttheunbreakable

bondthatunitessiblings,suchas

‘ABrother’sLove’(February).Their

relationshiptranscendsallothers

and will always survive.

LETUSKNOWIf youaremoved– orprovoked– byanyitemin the

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