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Dear Daughter is the podcast where people share words of wisdom and family stories
in the form of letters to their children.
Dear Daughter, being your mum has taught me so much about myself.
Dear Daughter, I hope you feel free to try anything you want, wherever your future takes you.
Join me, Namulanta Kombo, for season six of my award-winning podcast, Dear Daughter, from the BBC World Service.
Listen now wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
Hi, I'm Namulanta Kombo, and welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service.
I'm the presenter of the Dear Daughter podcast,
where people write extraordinary letters to the daughters and sons in their lives.
Find us weekly wherever you get your BBC podcasts.
In this episode, you'll hear the amazing story about how a mother forgave the man who killed her daughter.
You can listen to Kate tell us what happened right here.
Hi, I'm Namulanta Kombo, and this is Dear Daughter from the BBC World Service.
You're about to hear an incredible story and letter from a remarkable mother called Kate.
Before we begin, I should say that this won't be an easy listen.
What you're about to encounter is an intensely emotional account of violence and loss.
But at the heart of the story is a brave and unusual decision Kate made,
one that you will be thinking about long after her story finishes.
I was owed Anne's life.