Pick Me Up! 14-Jun-2018

I’ve got a hundred reasons for wanting to nominate my daughter Kathryn to receive a bunch of flowers. But the main reason I’d like her to get a bouquet is because of everything she does for others. She’s such a kind and thoughtful person. She runs me to and from the outpatients’ dept at the hospital when I need to have check-ups. The hospital is over 20 miles away - but she does it without hesitation. She has four wonderful sons and she’s raising them to be delightful and respectful young men. Our relationship has become so much stronger with age and now we’re like best friends. We’re so alike - from the way we say certain things to the little mannerisms we share. I see myself reflected in her…

When on holiday in Benidorm there was still time for my partner Thomas to read his favourite mag. James Ford, Thornaby-on-Tees Here’s my granddaughter Mia with her uncle’s dog. She said we had to take a selfie to send to her parents and uncle. Mary Hadley, Brierley Hill My son Jim loved his first time in a ball pit at the local play centre. I had trouble getting him out! Sarah Catlow, Whitefield, Devon I loved seeing this sign, but I would have loved to see someone short trying to take up the offer! Jayne Benham, Manchester Here’s my partner and our daughter making the garden of our brand-new home look nice. Home, sweet home indeed! Kelly Nicholson, Weston-super-Mare My partner Phil was looking a bit down on the last…

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My boyfriend Joe Prasad, then 31, put a cup of tea on the table in front of me as I sat with my head buried in a coursework book. ‘You angel,’ I sighed, taking a sip. ‘You should take a break,’ Joe smiled. ‘You’ve been studying all afternoon.’ It was January 2016 and I was training to become a police officer. It’d always been my dream. But, a single mum to Ellie, then 6, it’d been put on hold. Until 2012, when I’d started dating Joe, who worked for the Metropolitan Police as an undercover drugs officer. He’d encouraged me to pursue my dream. ‘You’d make a great police officer,’ he’d said, believing in me. So, with his support, I’d applied. And now, here I was, in the midst of…

Cradling my newborn niece, Ivy, I smiled. I couldn’t help feeling broody. I already had two children - Isaac, then 5, and Annabelle, 4 - with my husband Chris, 32. He’d wanted three, but I’d figured that two was a more manageable number. Now, though, another baby in the family had got me thinking. ‘A third baby might be nice, after all,’ I said over breakfast one morning in September 2016. Chris beamed. ‘If you’re sure?’ he said. Excited, we agreed to give it a try. Then, in January 2017, my period was a few days late. Taking the pregnancy test, I waited impatiently. Then I raced into the living room. ‘It’s happened!’ I squealed. Chris gave me the biggest hug. But we didn’t want to get too excited. I’d…

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