Every afternoon after leaving secondary school, Thomas walked along the cobbled streets with his backpack slung over one shoulder and a wildflower carefully cradled in his...
Emma was just finishing the washing up after breakfast when her mother-in-law, Margaret, called. Six-month-old Oliver was peacefully napping in his pram on the balcony, so...
The cab pulled up by the iron gates of the cemetery. A young man stepped out and approached the flower seller at the entrance. “Twelve tulips,...
Why Grace started knitting baby booties, she couldnt say. Her daughter had just turned forty. Two years ago, shed been widowed, never having had children. Last...
**Diary Entry – 12th October** Today was Mums seventieth birthdaya proper milestone. Shed bought some lovely fabric and had a dress made just for the occasion....
**Diary Entry** I was sitting on the bench, bathed in sunlight, enjoying the first warm days of spring. At last, it had arrived. Only God knew...
“Cheer up, Dave! Chin upat least you had a brilliant New Years!” There it washis hometown. Dave stepped off the train, crossed the station square, and...
“Get in the kitchen now!” My husbands voice cut through the air, and something inside me snapped. Emily stared at her phone screen. For the fourth...
So, youll never believe this storyits a bit of a rollercoaster. Emily found out she was pregnant. Her husband, George, stuck by her side the whole...
Waking in the dead of night, Emily felt an emptiness beside her. Disoriented, she reached out, expecting the familiar warmth of her husband, James. But sleep...
“This isnt some random fling, Victoria. Ive been living a double life for seventeen years,” Dominic said, nervously spinning a...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the older woman...
After descending the slope toward the waters edge, Michael sized up the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of...
“Father, please… dont come to the school today, all right?” “Why, Emmeline? Dont you want me to see you receive...
Emma stepped back into her own home from the maternity wardand there, in the kitchen, stood a second fridge. “That...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the elderly woman...
After descending the slope leading to the water, Michael assessed the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of the...
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman murmured, staring blankly out the car window as though lost in a daze....
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman asked softly, peering out the car window as if the world outside made...
“Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, gazing at the woman hunched over the table with bare, pleading eyes....