AUSSIE REAL LIFE
Grabbing some nappies from the shelf, I headed to the checkout.
That should cover us for a while, I thought.
It was November 2022, and with my kids, Tahlia, then seven, Tori, six, Pippa, four, and Archie, three, I was visiting my family in Westport, New Zealand, ahead of my sister, Claire, then 23, giving birth.
As we headed out of the New World supermarket, my eldest two raced ahead towards our car, while my youngest dawdled behind. ‘Come on!’ I ushered. Suddenly, the sound of an engine revving behind me made me freeze.
Spinning around, I saw a red SUV charging towards Pippa and me in the car park.
My mother’s instinct kicking in, I shoved Pippa out of the way, as the car ploughed into…