Melissa Coburn

1. Article · Sep 5, 2026 · Melissa Coburn

   I’ve lost two fantastic fathers: my dad and my husband. But they’re both with me today (opens the original)

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   You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. My friend warned me that Father’s Day would be difficult for the children and me. My father died two years ago, and my husband just this year. I wanted to tell her that my father and my husband have never felt far away. When I am in the gym on the rowing machine, its rhythmical movement transports me back to the tinny rowed by my father, my siblings and me on board. My father was always happy to b

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2. Article · Aug 8, 2026 · Melissa Coburn

   The freedom to enjoy a Sunday morning, and a timely reminder of what made it possible (opens the original)

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   You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. On a sparkling Sunday morning, along a coastal track, runners and walkers are out in force. A few fathers jog along, pushing prams to the tune of bright, tinkling nursery rhymes, perhaps giving sleep-deprived partners some extra time in bed. A fit, grey-haired woman wearing gloves extracts rubbish from the straggly scrub on the edge of the beach. She is barefoot. Her pink sandals sit on the low st

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