22October2025 Dear Diary, I was only three when my mother was taken from me. I still see the flash of her crimson dress as the roaring...
So, the other day I was doing a night shift at the office in Manchester and, halflistening, I overheard one of the lads on the phone....
In the dead of winter my mother, Victoria Hart, finally decided to put the house up for sale and move in with her son. Her daughterinlaw...
You know how it always feels when you walk into a flat and its dead quiet? Thats exactly how Frank felt when he popped his head...
Ill tell you about a woman who once seemed ready to abandon this harsh world. Margaret had lived for years in a modest cottage at the...
The wild stallion was destined for the knife, but an abandoned girl did the impossible. No one could get close to the beast without being torn...
Dear Diary, Its been five years since my divorce, and I finally decided I was ready to give a serious relationship another shot. On paper Im...
Victor is only three when his mother dies in his arms. She is thrown from a roaring motorbike that hurtles toward them, her red dress flaring...
Dear Diary, This morning I almost slept through work. I dreaded leaving the cosy nest of my bedroom, the way the warm duvet clung to my...
Maggie is condemned in the village the very day a bulge shows under her coat. She is fortytwo, a widow, and the gossip swirls like storm...
Oh, that grandmothershe got married and upset her children! On weekends, Alice, as usual, drives out to her mothers cottage....
It was many years ago now, but I remember those nights as clear as the moonlight that crept through our...
I lost my father while he was still alive. That is the hardest truth Ive ever had to face. I...
December 12th This morning, as I glanced out the kitchen window, our garden looked like something out of a postcard:...
Emily married when she was twenty, and by twenty-two had her first and only child. She never felt drawn to...
INSTEAD OF WINGS, A BOOMERANG BEHIND MY BACK Ill make you all wish youd never been born! Just you wait!...
I boarded the train headed to my parents house, settling into my seat in a second-class carriage. My ticket placed...
One Simple Request I learnt about Grandmas move from a neighbour. On my birthday, I always visited her, buying a...
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My mother passed away when I was just eight years old. Dad started drinking, and quite often there wasnt much...