Twirling around and waving her arms on stage, my eldest, Laura, then six, had a huge smile on her face as she glanced at me and her dad Mac, then 29, in the audience. ‘What a superstar,’ I whispered,

After a shock diagnosis at 23, Alexeanne kept defying the odds…

When I lost the love of my life, I didn’t know how to keep going

Dressed in a nautical striped top, dungarees, Converse shoes and a daisy chain in my hair, I swung my arm around my little sis Aimee, then eight, and grinned up at the handheld camera. ‘Cheese,’ Aimee

Chelsea had only popped in for some nappies, when utter tragedy struck…

When Sue Dawson lost her partner of 50 years, she thought the future they’d planned together had vanished forever. Instead, through grief, she found unexpected strength – and a whole new way of living