It was about two months ago, in the middle of March, that my daughter started coughing. I'll admit I was blithely unconcerned. Frankie is nearly 11 and generally pretty robust. She's rarely ill ...
My sister has been diagnosed with cancer. It is very advanced, and the treatment is brutal. I decided to relocate temporarily ...
I have a grandmother who’s on her own now since my granddad passed away a few years ago. I’m in my thirties and married with two young children and, although we’re doing OK, we don’t have ...
It’s a complex emotion that can be a tool for growth if you go beyond using it for self-flagellation. I’ve long since rendered the verdict on myself: I’m guilty. Yes, guilty as charged ...
At 21, Ewan Jewell should be embarking on his first steps to full-adulthood and independence. But he was left brain-damaged after catching whooping cough at just two weeks. His mother Mel ...
I’m a woman in my 30s and, sadly, my fiance died suddenly nearly a year ago. It’s been hard, but I’ve had amazing support from my family and friends, and my employers have also been wonderful.
THE UK is in the grip of a whooping cough outbreak and experts say it's up to parents to get their kids jabbed to protect them. It's otherwise known as the ‘100-day cough’ - and here, we have ...
I work evenings and I am the primary caregiver of my 6-month-old granddaughter. My daughter lives with me and works mornings often on weekends. She is trying (again) to work on her relationship ...
DEAR ABBY: After 10 years of being with my wife, including eight years of marriage, I accidentally discovered she was having affairs online. She put me through weeks of lies, denial, minimizing ...
If these walls could talk, they’d probably scream. A woman was shocked and revulsed after realizing the “monsters” her daughter had heard were actually a swarm of 50,000 honeybees living in ...