“A Daughter-in-law Is NOBODY to Me!” declared my mother-in-law at my sons birthday party, but she never expected her own sons reaction. I woke at five...
“Mum, why dont we just let Gran wander off and get lost? Itd be easier for everyone,” Emily said defiantly. “Mum, honestly! Do you have to...
She wasnt theirs by blood, those five But who could tell?… Yegor lost his wife. She never recovered from the last birth. What could he do?...
“Mum, maybe we should let Gran go and get lost? It’d be better for everyone,” said Maisie, her voice sharp with defiance. “Mum, how much longer...
**Diary Entry** Emily and her mother sat on the old bed, both bundled up against the cold. Though winter had settled in, the fireplace had only...
Emma and her mother sat on the old bed, both wrapped in thick layers against the winter chill. The fire in the hearth had only just...
You said you married me because I was convenient! she snapped. He shrugged. So? Whats wrong with that? Are you seriously wearing that old dressing gown...
**Diary Entry A Lesson in Being More Than Just “Convenient”** *Wednesday, 15th March* “You married me because I was *convenient*!” Emilys voice trembled, clutching her coffee...
**Diary Entry 10th June** Lily and I were strolling through Hyde Park when we suddenly spotted a man and a woman. They were locked in an...
**Diary Entry, 15th April** For two weeks, a cat kept appearing by the window. The staff couldnt believe it when they discovered the reason. Emily, fresh...
Emma stepped back into her own home from the maternity wardand there, in the kitchen, stood a second fridge. “That...
On her way to the shop, Emily suddenly recognised the mother of her first true love in the elderly woman...
After descending the slope leading to the water, Michael assessed the cats chances of survival. The steady flow of the...
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman murmured, staring blankly out the car window as though lost in a daze....
“Excuse me… where am I?” the woman asked softly, peering out the car window as if the world outside made...
“Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, gazing at the woman hunched over the table with bare, pleading eyes....
**Diary Entry 23rd December, 1985** *”Has he still not called, Mum?” asked Andrew, staring at the woman sitting at the...
One day, my dads new wife showed up with a big box of sweets and two little poodles wagging their...
**Diary Entry 15th May, 2024** Every day, I walk to my grandsons school. Im not a teacher or staffjust a...
One afternoon, my fathers second wife appeared at our doorstep. In her hands was a box full of sweets, and...