‘people still think a mother should do it all’

As women, from early on in life, we’re encouraged to be carers, or to be helpful. As little girls, we’re given dolls, toy cleaning appliances and teasets along with the narrative that it’s our job to

Sue Hall, 68, lives near Leeds, with her husband David, 76. They have a son and a daughter, Becky, 34, who was diagnosed with incurable breast cancer last year. When Becky and Mark [her husband] said

My beloved Fiona and me Dear Fiona, ...

I WAS only five when Elaine first came into my life. She was tall and dark skinned, with a perfume that smelled of roses and big necklaces in bright colours that bounced as she laughed. Whenever my da

Taylor’s daughter couldn’t understand why she couldn’t bring her little sister home from the hospital…

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