I tried to lean out to see where I was going through the smoke Right, you two are OK on the bus? Alright then, everyone else in the car!’ I said.
It was time for the school run, and I was organising my brood.
A mum of six, I was also eight-and-a-half months pregnant with number seven, a little boy.
My daughter Mollie-Mae, 14, and son Macauley, 12, went on the bus each morning.
Meanwhile, Ellie, 17, Ronan, 7, Maddison, 4, and Evie-Rose, 2, all got into my seven-seater Ford S-MAX.
Married to Martin, 34, who works in insurance, I loved being a full-time mum.
And things were easier, since I’d learned to drive in November last year.
Pride and joy
I loved our car so much.
We’d had it…