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New this week · Ep. 319

319: Jen McCutcheon on Losing Her Husband Suddenly, Raising Two Little Girls & Facing Farm Life Alone

Jen McCutcheon has spent her career telling other people’s stories. But today, she’s sharing her own. An ABC sports journalist, Jen swapped the bright lights of Sydney for a property near Gilgandra in NSW, after falling in love with Andrew, a teacher and farmer with his heart firmly planted in the bush. Together, they renovated a home, welcomed two little girls and built the life they’d dreamed of. Then, on Valentine’s Day last year, Andrew made Jen her morning coffee, headed off to work and never came home. He was just 36. Suddenly, Jen was navigating unimaginable grief, raising two young daughters and facing the responsibilities of a farm she’d never expected to run alone. In this deeply moving conversation, Jen shares the love story that brought her to the country, the community that held her when her world fell apart, and the painful decision to leave the farm where so many of their memories lived. This is Jen’s story.

• Young kids & babies
• Single Mum
• Widowhood
• Grief
• Trauma
• Joy
• Career