Thank you, mum...

I was waiting to meet a very special person, but losing one too

PAM glanced up at the clock on the far wall of the classroom. Just half an hour to go until the summer holidays began. Six blissful pupil-free weeks, to be spent mostly gardening and binge watching pe

Paris suffered abuse at the hands of the person who should have cared for her the most…

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

Louise Brinton-Clarke had lost all hope until a standoffish tabby cat sauntered into her life

Writer Kim Willis was just two years old when her mum walked out on the family. Here, in a letter, she explains how it made her feel...