La vida

My mother, Margaret, had once been the companion of a married man, and from that union I was born.

“Mother, its freezing in the winter up there! Youll need a woodburning stove and to haul logs!”

**Diary Entry** I was ten when I realised that the ones who give you life arent always the ones who stay.

Mum and dad rolled into town for a threeday visit, but Pauls been away for ages. Mabel was standing in

He refused to marry his pregnant girlfriend. His mother stood by him, but his father defended the unborn child.

“If your mother doesnt live with us, Ill divorce you!” And he did “If you wont let

13October2025 Dear Diary, My favourite place in the house was the big old oak wardrobe that stood in

Emily Clarke stood at the front door, keys clutched in her hand as if the ringing bell were a stranger.

They wheeled me down the sterile corridors of the county hospital in Surrey. Where to? one nurse asked