Margaret, a gentle woman of 67 years, steadfastly maintained her cherished custom of daily strolls through the village green. Yet on that particular afternoon, a heavy...
My life has always been shaped by the distinct absence of my father. As I grew older, a restless itch to track him down began to...
From the outside, I must have looked like a happy woman: a mother of three, fluent in several languages, with a secure job as an analyst...
There once lived an elderly couple in our neighbourhood, folks I remember well, and with them resided their daughter, Mary, along with her own three daughters....
For reasons lost in the fog, many women seem to think that once theyve passed forty, and especially after a divorce or two, they ought to...
My husband and I have been married for seven years. Life together has been good, even wonderful at times. My husband is in business, while I...
You know, I was sitting across from him in one of those fancy London restaurantsthe kind where the waiters glide by silently and the menu doesnt...
25th January Todays events deserve to be recorded, if only for posterity and a dash of amusement. My suitor, as English tradition might call him, suggested...
When people are friendslike an old married couple, mind yousooner or later a squabble breaks out. The more people, the greater the chances for tiffs and...
Mum remarried eleven years ago. My stepfather, Philip, had a daughter, Charlotte, from his first marriageshe was fourteen at the time. Philip left his flat to...