The rain lashed against the pavement as I stepped outside, cradling Michael in my arms. The damp stairs gleamed under the dim streetlights, and the wind...
**Diary Entry** *July 12th, 2024* “You said you married me because I was *convenient*!” “So what?” He shrugged. “Is that bad?” “Are you wearing that old...
Emily stepped once more into the presidential suite with a tightness in her chest. Everything felt familiar yet dangerously heavy with memories. The moment she shut...
Emma stepped back into the presidential suite with a tightness in her chest. Everything felt familiar, yet dangerously heavy with memories. The moment she closed the...
**Diary Entry** Five years. Five long years wed waited. The doctors had said it would never happen for us. And then “Mick, look!” I froze by...
Everyone fell silent when, among the guests, twelve tall men appeared in full naval dress uniforms, their medals gleaming. Their steps were perfectly in sync, their...
**Diary Entry** Everyone fell silent when, among the guests, twelve tall men appeared, dressed in full naval ceremonial uniforms, their insignia gleaming. Their steps were perfectly...
Mrs. Whitmore turned her gaze once more toward the side window. The car glided slowly through the blaring horns of the city, but inside, a heavy...
**Diary Entry, 12th March 1953** The schoolmistress, Mrs. Whitaker, said to me just yesterday, “Hannah, your girl must continue her studies. Minds like hers dont come...
**Diary Entry 8th November** Last night, I found a blind three-year-old boy abandoned under a bridgeno one wanted him, so I chose to be his mother....
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...