Emily Taylor

When my mother-in-law, Margaret Williams, declared, “Emily, a deal is a deal—take out the loan!”

When my mother-in-law, Margaret Thompson, declared, “Emily, a deal is a deal—take out the loan!

I’ll prove I can manage without him. When my husband, Edward, threw those words at me—”

**Diary Entry – 15th March** The words my husband, Thomas, spat at me still echo in my mind: “

We denied ourselves everything so our daughters would want for nothing. Did I truly deserve such indifference

There was a time when my husband, Edward, spat those cruel words at me: “Elizabeth, I could live

**Diary Entry** Sometimes, you think a child’s love for their mother is unshakable—solid as stone.

We denied ourselves everything so our daughters would want for nothing. Did I deserve such coldness from

My husband and I denied ourselves everything just so our daughters could have the best. Did I really

Sometimes it seems a child’s love for their mother is an unshakable truth, solid as a rock.