30December2023 Dear Diary, Its a cold night in York, only a few hours left until the clock strikes midnight. The office on High Street has long...
27April2026 Today I found myself once more staring out of the kitchen window, irritated by the sight of the ginger tomcat lounging on my vegetable beds....
Emily froze. Her heart hammered. She kept walking and saw that the biggest heads of cabbage were missingalmost half the crop had vanished. Margaret Whitaker beamed...
**Diary 12May2024** It was my thirtyfifth birthday, and the whole evening turned into a rehearsal of old grudges. Id told Ethel not to invite anyone, Dont...
13May2026 Dear Diary, Why does Mum need a twobedroom flat? Shes already sixtyfive. Shell hardly entertain guests, and with her sisters she can simply sit in...
I am sixtyseven, and for the first time in my life I feel as if I have slipped out of existence: not for my children, not...
June 11, 2026 Today was a day I shall not soon forget, and I feel compelled to set it down while the images are still vivid....
Life moves along a familiar rhythm: raising a son, building a house, staying beside the man you love. Gwen chooses Michael on her ownamong all the...
Ive spent about half my life running the show solo.No, I was married once, but my husband packed his bags a year after the wedding. Id...
Your mum’s here, get ready. Everyone says an orphanage kid lives for those words, but Emma flinched as if someone had slapped her. Come on, stop...