Its Important to Be Happy When Emily was four years old, her father walked out on them for another woman. He left right after Christmas, pausing...
Mothers Love Emily, its Margaret Turner. Have you fed Thomas yet? The voice on the other end of the line sounded as if she was asking...
I had to head back home after the holidays, and with the journey being rather lengthy, I decided to book myself a seat in a train...
The Key to Happiness Trouble in your love life? asked Mrs Margaret Wilkinson, tilting her head and giving her new lodger a measured once-over. Her gaze...
Mum, open up. Its me. And I havent come alone. Jamess voice through the door was unnervingly firm, almost businesslike. I set aside my book and...
An elderly woman fed two hungry boys for months then they vanished without saying goodbye. Twenty years later, the truth finally came out. In the little...
The Upstairs Neighbour Helen, where have you put my saucepan? The big one I make stew in? Mrs. Green, it was in the middle of the...
Posh Girl Look at her, all dolled up! Normal folks, they head off to work first thing in the morninglike proper people. But her? Wheres she...
In the bleak days of 1943, in a quiet English village tucked far from the worlds roar, she wore her widows black with such a graceful...
Between Truth and Dreams Friday, 7:05pm I curled up under my warm tartan blanket, relishing the quiet of my flat. Outside, snowflakes drifted lazily past the...
Where Happiness Lives Katherine sat alone in her small kitchen, both hands wrapped around a steaming mug. The tea was...
Fake Beauty No way! You two have really split up? I cant believe it! Rosie stared at her mate in...
A sleek black Jaguar drew to a halt outside a humble terraced home on the outskirts of Liverpool. Its engine...
And so, of course, it had to be Emily, giving birth during a blizzard. She still had three weeks by...
So, this happened to my daughter when she was in year eleven. At some point, I started noticing that she...
30th December Today was a turning point, though Id mulled it over for weeks. After seven years, Ive finally done...
That morning, my wife told me we were going to have our fourth child. She added, We cant afford to...
Everyone helps out, but youre just special, arent you? Ellen, listen, could you come over today, maybe? her sister asked...
A Weekend Husband The fishcake was lying right in the middle of the plate, surrounded by emptiness, like a miniature...
But were family, said my brothers and sisters, on the day we bid farewell to Mum at the churchyard. The...