I’m a midlife daddy’s girl

HONESTLY, I don’t know what you’re worrying about, Tanya. It’s not as though Amber’s never visited us before.” My husband, Rob, has always been the laid-back one in our partnership, while I have a ten

IT’S been an emotional few weeks in the Grigg household, now that my Mum has gone. Mr Grigg and I have been going through her things, setting aside a game of solitaire for Number One Son who used to e

When Andrea Waterman’s dad was diagnosed with cancer, it was the start of a harrowing journey for the whole family…

THERE’S a nice new girl working at the Post Office,” I said casually, as I unpacked my shopping on to the kitchen table. “Oh?” my daughter Debra answered, without looking up from her book. “Yes,” I co

Ben hunched over in the cab of the lorry, eyes cast down, earphones firmly in place. He tugged his hoodie further over his face and ramped up his music, trying to drown out his stepdad, along with the

Glancing around my friend’s wedding reception last year, I was waiting for my parents to arrive when one of Mum’s friends strode over with a big smile. ‘Dawn - hi!’ he said, hugging me and launching i