Two of Us: The best of 2022
Here, a dozen reader favourites from Good Weekend’s Two of Us files | Friends who survived a horrific skydiving accident | TV’s Andy Lee on finding lasting love | Sarah Hanson-Young’s marriage proposal | A Gogglebox grandmother and her granddaughter | Mates who tackled mental-health issues by running together
‘Of course! Yes. Yes!’: What Sarah Hanson-Young said to Ben Oquist
When executive director of The Australia Institute, Ben Oquist, asked Greens senator, Sarah Hanson-Young, if she would marry him, the answer was clear.
- by Jane Cadzow
‘I’m about to die’: Two friends went skydiving. One chute didn’t open on time
At age 20, “daredevil” Emma Carey jumped out of a helicopter at 14,000 feet. Her chute opened too late. Her best friend, Jemma Mrdak, jumped seconds later.
- by Tim Elliott
‘It was confronting’: What nearly destroyed Andy Lee and Rebecca Harding
The couple met in a café in 2014, and despite some early challenges, their relationship is now strong enough to survive a home renovation. They think.
- by Dani Valent
‘We were like magnets’: The friends who bridged a 20-year age gap to fall in love
Filmmaker Jennifer Peedom and photographer Mark Rogers were mates who got together. They juggle two children with careers that take them to places high and low.
- by Ute Junker
‘It’s a flip’: How a Gogglebox grandma and granddaughter changed roles
Emmie Silbery has been incredibly close to her granddaughter, Izzy, from the time she was born. But over time, the protected became the protector.
- by Dani Valent
How a sunrise run club helped these two friends deal with their demons
Todd Liubinskas and Trent Knox’s Saturday-morning run is more than therapy for their bodies: it’s become a journey towards their mental rehabilitation, too.
- by Michael Crooks
‘What do you do?’ she said. ‘Oh, I play a bit of rugby.’
Former Wallabies captain David Pocock and his wife, Emma, talk about marriage (both weddings), kids and their shared passion for environmental and social issues.
- by Fenella Souter
‘My boyfriend knows that if she calls, I’ll hang up on him’: The power of sisterhood
Sisters Alyce Tran and Caroline Tran admit they live in each other’s pockets - and phones.
- by Nicole Abadee
‘You want sex? I’ll kill you’: The capers that bonded these 90-year-old twins
Together, twins Liliana del Porto and Lydia Marcuzzi have survived wartime bombing, a taste of Italian Hollywood – and a very protective mother.
- by Susan Horsburgh
This mum of 11 doesn’t give parenting advice – but there are rules she lives by
Pianist Clare Madden was 46 when she had her 11th child, Jane Charles. They’ve shared many near-death experiences but never a cross word.
- by Melissa Fyfe
They lived ‘blessed lives’ running a cancer charity. Then Georgie got her diagnosis
Sisters Georgie Crawford-Smith and Annie Crawford, founder of the charity Can Too, have always played and worked together. Now, the pair face a new challenge.
- by Nicole Abadee
How long does it take to fall in love? Writer Roxane Gay found the answer
Debbie Millman and fellow American author Roxane Gay met in 2018. Less than two years later, they married – but their wedding day didn’t go quite as planned.
- by Nicole Abadee
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