**Diary Entry** When Emily tugged at the cord tied around the sack, the fabric loosened slowly with a
The last meeting in the autumn park We met again in the very same park where everything began twenty
After my husbands funeral, my son drove me to the outskirts of Ashford and said, This is where you get off, Mum.
13September When I was thirteen I learned to hide two things hunger and shame. Our family was so strapped
“It’s your motherso it’s your responsibility!” he declared, but she had heard enough.
I came home to an empty house no husband, no his belongings. Why are you staring at me like that?
Send the Child to the Care Home, Since He’s Not My Son!” – the Mother-in-Law Smiled as She Said This
Youll send the child to boarding school since he isnt my son! Evelyn Whitaker says, her smile thin as lace.
13September When I was thirteen I learned to hide two things hunger and shame. Our family was so strapped
She found me at dawn, slumped on the same edge of the bed where Id collapsed the night before.
28May2025 Today I finally managed to put my thoughts on paper, something Ive been postponing since the









