Three women tell us about the extra-special relationships they’ve been lucky to have

Do you remember that park you used to take me to as a kid, the one with the red, boat-shaped climbing frame? It wasn’t too far from our home in Hull where we lived. You’d often sit on a bench chatting

Cherelle Knight, 34, lives in Birmingham with her four daughters. ‘What do you do, Mummy?’ my daughter Jah’lia, then nine, asked one evening. It was February 2021 and, having had Jah’lia when I was 19

RACHEL stared at the Mother’s Day display in the supermarket window, her chest tightening in familiar dread. Pink cards with gold lettering proclaimed To the Best Mum in the World. Pastel flowers prom

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Hazel Thompson has notched up more than six decades in first aid