To celebrate International Women’s Day, Hope 103.2’s Sam and Duncan caught up with Carol Edmunds, the 2017 Barnardos Mother of the Year.

It was 30 years ago as a young wife that Carol made the life-changing decision to take in her husbands eight-year-old sister, Kelly, who had just lost her mother to suicide. Carol treated her young sister-in-law as her own daughter, taking care of Kelly’s every need, and filling in for her late mother throughout her teens, 20s and 30s.

Listen above to hear her inspiring story.

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