Emily Taylor

**MY, NOT MINE, BUT FAMILIAR GRANNY** “Gran, could you be a granny again?” “

The air in the room grew thick as Margaret gripped the phone, her knuckles white. It had all begun with

“Grandmother, could you be a grandmother one more time?” “What are you on about, Poppy? I don’t follow.

It all began with the brightest of moments—the birth of my granddaughter. Like any doting mother and

My granddaughter is fading before my eyes. She’s starting to hate both her mother and her younger sister.

**My Own, Another’s, Yet Family Grandma** “Gran, can you be a grandma again?” “

An elderly woman gave her flat to her younger son—and the eldest decided to take revenge by accusing

Yesterday morning, my mother called me with a nervous tremor in her voice and pleaded, “

So, yesterday morning, Mum phoned me first thing, sounding really worried, and said, “

**Diary Entry** When I agreed to let my mother-in-law have a key to our flat, it never crossed my mind