**The Kangaroo Who Saved His Human** Yorkshire, 2020. On an isolated farm nestled between rolling hills and ancient oaks, lived Thomas Whitaker, a retired farmer of...
**Kuzma** The wedding was over, the guests had gone, and our daughter had moved in with her husband. The flat felt empty. After a week of...
Living Fully at 70 Without Children A woman in her 70s who chose not to have children shares her perspective on life I dont want anyone...
**Personal Diary Entry** I never thought my own parents would betray us so completely. My name is Amelia. After my divorce, I moved back in with...
**A Marriage for Charlies Sake** Charlies happy childhood ended when he was five. One day, his parents never came to collect him from nursery. All the...
“Good morning, love.” “Good morning, love.” As always, he woke a minute before the alarm. A habit left over from his army days. Rolling off the...
Emily, we’re starving! Enough lying around!her husbands irritated voice cut through the fog of her headache. Her throat burned, her nose was blocked, and her body...
“You’ve got no heart. Cant you see how Daniels struggling? Hes your brotheryou couldve helped. You only ever think of yourself.” Thats what Mum said when...
At 65, it hit us that our kids dont need us anymore. How do we accept that and finally start living for ourselves? Im 65 now,...
In a quiet corner of London, long ago, an orphan girl named Eleanor found work as a waitress in a grand restaurant. But fate took a...
Hey love, you wont believe the rollercoaster Poppys had lately, so grab a cuppa and listen. It all started when...
Dear Diary, I told Tom that we were living in a rented flat, even though the truth is that the...
I cant seem to find the words that will make my daughterinlaw understand that my son is suffering from chronic...
15March2025 Dear Diary, Im writing this for the only person who will ever hear the full truth of what happened...
31August2025 Diary I was born in a tiny village in the West Midlands. Im now twentytwo, and both my father,...
14April2025 Today I reflected on the way we tend to look after our ageing parents. My older brother, James, finally...
The effect of presence The sunrise was still painting the sky over the terraced houses of East Ham when Anthony...
Dear Diary, Grandsoninlaw, look!Elsie pressed her nose to the window. A pooch! she cried. Just beyond the gate a scruffy...
He had always felt that something was off, as if his life were travelling on a side track while the...
I remember old Ethel Whitby, who lived on the fringe of a tiny village called Littleford, way out in the...