I’m fifty-eight, and not long ago I made a decision that cost me more than most could ever imagine: I stopped supporting my daughter with money....
A woman arrived at her friends new flat for a visit. This friend had remarried, after a first marriage that had been difficult and bitter. Her...
I remember that evening as if it were locked behind a frosted window, distant yet painfully clear. I was standing at the bay window in our...
For eight years, I was a housewifenot by choice or aspiration, but simply because thats how life unfolded. I had two children, a husband who was...
Password Word Rachel was standing at the till with a bag containing a loaf of bread and a couple of cartons of yoghurt when the card...
ENDLESS LOVE Philip once married for mutual agreement and an otherworldly love. However, as time passed, love began trickling out of Philips homeat first a mere...
AUNTIE We brought Aunt Pat up from the countryside. She was getting on and running the farm alone had become too much, so my cousin Judy...
Little Things of Life 15th May I suppose a diary is for ones own truth, even if the world wouldnt understand it. So tonight, I cant...
AUNT Aunt Pat was brought in from the countryside. The elderly lady was struggling to keep up with her smallholding, so my wife, Lydia, decided to...
My House, My Kitchen, declared my mother-in-law Thanks for robbing me of even the right to make a mistake? In my own home In my house,...
Today marks exactly three years since that envelope of money has been sitting in the glove compartment of my car....
An Expensive Pleasure – Clara, not again? How many more times? It feels like Im working just to pay for...
Where Happiness Begins “Mum, look what I’ve managed to do! I worked so hard! And my art teacher said he...
Family Trials You know, I dont think Ive seen Olivia this happy in years. All those long stretches of loneliness,...
I placed the final plate on the table and stepped back, surveying my handiwork. Twelve settings. Twelve wine glasses. Twelve...
Auntie’s Exit Youre not going in that, said Victor, not even bothering to look over his shoulder. He stood by...
Everyone always deceived her brother, yet it was Ava who felt truly betrayed The telephone rang in the middle of...
Shards of Friendship Marthas key rattled in the lock as she returned home after a long, bruising day. She slipped...
Tuesday evening started just like any other. I put the kettle on for a cup of tea, the radio murmuring...
17th March I never quite imagined my life would be like this. Tonight, the memory is vividand painful. The echo...