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Family Flowers Only with James Cox

25 Oct 2026 · 1 h 10 min · S3 E74

This week I sit down with James Cox who shares the heartbreaking loss of his beloved wife Maria to an incredibly aggressive form of cancer known as soft tissue sarcoma.

Maria was a young, healthy woman whose life was turned upside down by a devastating diagnosis. Over the course of approximately one year, James and Maria faced an unimaginable battle as the disease progressed at a frightening pace. By the time Maria passed away she had developed almost 20 tumours.

James speaks with such honesty about that year of their lives, the constant fight to get ahead of the illness and the heartbreak of watching someone you love become so desperately unwell.

This is an incredibly moving conversation about love, grief, and the devastating reality of how quickly life can change.

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