Harlan Covington

A Dream Unfulfilled: Children Grown, Yet Forgetting That Happiness Lies in Family I am sixty-one.

My name is Emily. I’m twenty-nine, and for the past three years, I’ve been married to Oliver.

I’m caught between a rock and a hard place: my mum needs help, but my husband flat-out refuses.

**Diary Entry – 15th March** My name is Margaret Elizabeth, and at sixty-two, I’ve spent too many years

For the past week, our home has felt like a warzone. Oliver and I barely speak, avoid eye contact, and

I tidied up my mother-in-law’s house, but all I got were complaints. It’s been a few years since Tom

I kicked my mother-in-law out of the house—and I don’t feel an ounce of guilt. Hello. I want to share

“We just wanted to help our neighbour, and in return, we got reported to social services. Is that gratitude?

“We just wanted to help our neighbour, and in return, we got reported to social services. Is that gratitude?

Grandmother Sold the Flat: A Family Scandal Why bother with a mortgage when you can just wait for your