Author: Walton Merritt

When Emily and James married, they dreamed of having their own place one day. They lived in a quiet village

**Diary Entry** My husband, James, always nags me for not making fancy dinners like his mate Anthony’s

One evening, Henry returned from visiting his mother, sighed deeply, and suggested they get a paternity

Now my daughter is 38, with no family or husband, but she longs for a child: Time cannot be undone, yet

Fifty-year-old woman becomes a mother after sixteen years of heart-wrenching struggle Emily Whitmore

Why It’s So Hard to Care for Ageing Parents Dedicated to my parents One day, they’ll grow old.

**A Marriage Without Love** Edward married Emily out of spite, to prove to the woman he truly loved that

**A Diary Entry: Our Home, Our Rules** We’re buying a flat not to live with my mother-in-law—I refuse

Divorce flattened Marina like a steamroller. She’d worshipped her husband and never expected a knife

Freedom Is Priceless This past June, I got divorced. My husband stormed out, slamming the door behind