SOME of our readers may remember a piece I wrote last year about a young woman in our community … Nikita Falconer.

Eighteen months ago, the 32-year-old mother of two received the news that she had breast cancer at a stage 4 level.

That’s enough to rock the world of the most mentally and physically strong person; to give them rise to ask, why me, it’s not fair.

Rather than dwell on the hand that was dealt to her, she displayed amazing courage to observe what was going on around her and identify the needs for more equipment at the Forbes Cancer Clinic, located at St Stephens Hospital.

She planned and executed an epic event at the Beach House Hotel last year and raised more than $130,000 to fund a second cold cap machine for the clinic and a stack of other equipment as well.

This driven young woman did this to help others. She drove the whole thing. It was selfless, brave and incredibly humbling. She did it.

So many people will be the beneficiary of her kindness and foresight.

I believe it gave her purpose during a dark period in her life and I am sure this is a story that might be familiar to many of our readership base.

Things don’t always go the way we want them to and the longer I have the privilege of being on this earth, I wonder why bad things happen to good people.

They say adversity amplifies who you are in thoughts and character. You would have to agree that is the case with Nikita.

The flow on benefits to people who will be visiting the Forbes Cancer Clinic are immeasurable.

You could form the opinion that the equipment would have been purchased anyway, because that is a huge health facility with an endless budget.

I can tell you.. it wouldn’t have been.

In a world adorned with kindness, compassion thrives, bonds strengthen, and hope flourishes—transforming each moment into a brighter, shared existence.

Perhaps the best news out of all this, is Nikita is cancer free on her most recent scans, which is amazing news.