The day I realised Id been living with a monster. For eleven years, I thought I had a family. A wife, two kids, a home, a...
At sixty-five, we realised our children no longer needed us. How does one accept this and begin living for oneself? I am sixty-five now, and for...
**Diary Entry** I want my son to get a divorce. Why does he need such a brainless wife? Theres this stereotype that mothers-in-law are wicked witches...
**Diary Entry 12th October** My daughter and her husband left the grandchildren with me for the entire half-term break. Here I am, living off my pension,...
“Gran, Mum says we have to put you in a care home.” I overheard my parents talkingno child would make that up. Margaret Whitmore strolled through...
Three nights now, I havent slept a wink. Guilt gnaws at me like a starving beast, leaving no moments peace. Its as if Im teetering on...
They mocked me for being a “country bumpkin,” even though they came from the same roots I grew up in a tiny village in the Yorkshire...
The son wished to send his mother back to the care home. He glanced at the box before leaving. After her husbands passing, Agnes sold her...
Long ago, on a misty morning in London, my father was driving to work when he stopped at a petrol station. There stood a young, pregnant...
**Diary Entry A Fresh Start in the Countryside** During the divorce, my wealthy husband, Edward Whitmore, decided to leave me with nothing but a derelict farm...
The YardKeeper Not long ago a new yardkeeper took over the building. He sweeps with a steady rhythm, clears the...
Mabel spent her days scrubbing the stairwells of an ageing council block, hoping the effort would build a brighter future...
My mother was strikingly beautiful, though my father would say that was her sole advantage. I, who adored him with...
Open the bag, now! The CCTV can see everything, theres no way youll get away! Take it all out! The...
Cold Divorce: The Dream of Emma and James It is a strange, cold feeling to wake and discover love turning...
Did you see her, ladies? The old woman in our ward? I asked the other nurses, halfsmiling as I leaned...
Margaret lived alone on her modest pension, tucked away in a tiny Cotswold village where the world seemed to consist...
Family? Tell Christopher to come at once! the daughter shrieked. All three of the little ones have a fever, theyre...
I used to watch Eleanor sweeping the stairwells of the old council tower, hoping the work would build a future...
Oliver lived in a ninestorey council block where the walls were thinner than a teabag and every neighbours sneeze bounced...