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The Blame Game
Growing up we were consistently told that problems, health or otherwise, were generally somebody else’s fault. As an example, if we ever had an upset stomach – it was my grandfathers fault because he used to suffer from gastrointestinal upsets. The reason my mother drank? That was the ‘fault’ of both of her parents, who…
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Super Nanny
On paper our childhood was idyllic, privileged and plentiful. We were born in Royal Leamington Spa hospital and my parents moved to a beautiful Georgian house in the Cotswolds when we were young. Prior to that we were in an equally beautiful house in the Warwickshire countryside, of which I have limited memories as I…
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What’s in a Name?
What’s in a name? In my case it was years of disliking mine – until I didn’t. My name was different back in the day – not so much now. You can even find it on a tacky keyring these days. I didn’t like having a ‘different’ name. My siblings all had much more traditional…
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Littlest One
I am the youngest of four and my father affectionately called me ‘Littlest One’ even into my late 40s – he died when I was 49 and he was 89. Not only was it age relevant but also factual as I dipped out on the tall genes that my 6ft 4 twin brothers bagged, and…
Littlest One 