When he told me he couldn’t go with Fiona to the fifth chemo session, I exploded. ‘What do you mean “can’t”? There’s no such word as “can’t”. You’ll just have to reschedule your really important meeting and take your sick wife to hospital. It’s called prioritizing, Mark. You might want to look up...
She couldn’t wait to see him when she got home. He had said he’d pick her up from the airport, despite the fact that the flight was landing at 5.30 a.m., as he was dying to see her. On landing, Lucy scuttled into the airport toilet and changed out of her ‘travelling tracksuit’ into her newly purc...
Clara has gone crazy. She’s getting worse by the minute. She’s ten weeks old now and she’s been screaming blue murder after every feed for the past five weeks, but she’s hungry all the time and screams just as loudly if I don’t feed her. The nurses at the crèche keep telling me it’s just colic an...
James, Yuri and I went to the airport to pick them up. Sean rushed over to hug me and to see his nephew for the first time. He swung him round awkwardly, then sort of patted his back. Babs lagged behind, busy chatting up a good-looking guy carrying a guitar. When they had swapped numbers, she fin...
@page { margin-bottom: 5.000000pt; margin-top: 5.000000pt; } 32After the drama of Uncle Pat’s demise I didn’t mind getting back to a normal routine. It was a relief to go back to school and spend all day discussing boys, makeup and how incredible Rob Lowe looked in About Last Night. Sarah remaine...
‘Why did Ali say I was forcing her into medicine? Mary must think I’m some kind of tyrant. I never said Ali had to be a doctor. I just said I thought it’d be a great thing to do and she agreed with me. I’m afraid to say anything to her now. If I look at her sideways she’ll probably accuse me of s...
She was clearly dreading telling Gary later. I tiptoed around her all day, glad of the distraction of work. I pushed my problems to the back of my mind and focused on doing a good job. When it was time to go home, I went over and hugged her. ‘Good luck tonight,’ I whispered in her ear. Babs shrug...