00:00 So my inspiration with the story, When Someone You Love Is Sick, was inspired by a little
00:04 girl that I taught when I had a kindergarten class back in 2021.
00:07 She was diagnosed with a stage four Wilms tumour.
00:10 That meant a lot of time away from school, having treatment in Sydney, coming back to
00:15 school quite sick, without any hair, and lots of five and six year olds that had plenty
00:19 of questions that I found difficult to answer.
00:21 So I was looking in local libraries and local bookstores and online trying to find something
00:26 that I could use to explain it to them, and I couldn't find too much that was very child
00:32 friendly.
00:33 So I decided to write something for her, which is completely inspired by her.
00:38 The book isn't about her, it can be read to anyone that's got someone in their life going
00:42 through cancer, but it's inspired by Kylie.
00:46 So the story, When Someone You Love Is Sick, it's quite a gentle rhyming story.
00:50 I was a little bit sceptical at first.
00:52 Rhyming is a very fun way to read and write and cancer is obviously not something fun
00:56 to have in your life.
00:59 So I decided to, I was pretty mindful of how I wrote it.
01:03 It's quite simple, to the point, and just gently explains to young children, if they've
01:08 got someone in their life, what things might be happening to them, or what things could
01:11 be happening to the child, or what things they can do to help that family or that young
01:16 person get through those tricky times.
01:20 I just got involved with a charity about a year ago, because Christy and I have known
01:24 each other for a long time.
01:26 And to hear her babies being sick with cancer was devastating and I wanted to do anything
01:33 I could to help her and this cause, which also helps the carers, which is so nice.
01:39 I think it hits home a lot more too when you have your own children and you just couldn't
01:44 imagine them being sick.
01:45 And then having to explain to little kids when someone is sick, I'm sure that's really
01:50 tough.
01:51 And so this is such a beautiful idea to help kids get their head around someone they love
01:57 being sick.
01:58 So I think it's a beautiful sentiment.
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