Im 33 now, but I still blush when I remember what I did at 18, nearly 19.I was studying at university and had a very comfortable...
All sorts of folk Little Charlotte was a curious child, both in spirit and in circumstance. Her parents, George and Janet, knew theyd spoiled her utterly,...
A Random Call Mr. Paul Edwards? The voice on the other end was cold and official. Yes, Im Paul Edwards. Whos speaking? This is the manager...
Friend from the Graveyard One evening, my husband popped out to the corner shop and never came back. For the past five years, wed been living...
My Mum and Dad My mum was a beautiful woman. I say was because she passed away six months ago, just two weeks after my dad....
My ex-boyfriend used to hide me from his friends, insisting that I wasnt on his level. I knew it from the very start, but I stayed...
Life Happens, Doesnt It? We used to have a cardiologist at our local childrens clinicEdward Finchley, grey at the temples, hair curled just enough to be...
Ex-Husband Annie! a voice behind me exclaimed, so familiar it hurt. I flinched, instinctively drawing my shoulders up, too nervous to turn around. Instead, I hurried...
Tommy was just about to dash out of the flat when the shrill ring of the telephone echoed from the living room. The last thing he...
I fell in love at seventy, can you believe it? The kids told me it was embarrassing. At seventy, youd think youd tasted every flavour that...
From the outside, I must have looked like a happy woman: a mother of three, fluent in several languages, with...
There once lived an elderly couple in our neighbourhood, folks I remember well, and with them resided their daughter, Mary,...
For reasons lost in the fog, many women seem to think that once theyve passed forty, and especially after a...
My husband and I have been married for seven years. Life together has been good, even wonderful at times. My...
You know, I was sitting across from him in one of those fancy London restaurantsthe kind where the waiters glide...
25th January Todays events deserve to be recorded, if only for posterity and a dash of amusement. My suitor, as...
When people are friendslike an old married couple, mind yousooner or later a squabble breaks out. The more people, the...
Mum remarried eleven years ago. My stepfather, Philip, had a daughter, Charlotte, from his first marriageshe was fourteen at the...
Our niece, Olivia, was just thirteen when we sent her off to her grandmothers cottage in the countryside for a...
I have always raised my son to hold the highest respect for women his grandmother, mother, wife, and daughter. To...